Oh, wow, did I almost mess up this morning!
My son (just eleven) still does the Santa thing. I don't know if he believes or if he just goes along to appease his mother. But he makes a wish list each year. This year he chose to make it on my laptop, which worked out great for me. I say that because he got his own for his birthday (used) and he could have chosen to type it on his.
He waited rather late to make it - in case he wanted to add more - and stuck it on the fridge. I have a new stainless steel fridge because mine pooped out after 25 years and we had to buy a new one just recently. I won't let them put anything on the front for fear of scratches, but the sides are a different material, so all the school papers, calendars, photos, lunch menus, etc. cover the side.
I noticed his Christmas letter was down low, and thought that was the only available spot. So while he was at school the other day, I went into his document and had Dexter (one of Santa's elves) write back to him using different colored ink and different fonts. Then during the night the new letter replaced the old.
Only mom, in her lack of detail, stuck the new letter at her eye level on the front - I wanted to make sure he noticed it, ya know?
He found it this morning, and read through it, laughing at Dexter's weird sense of humor and looking for clues that he might get something on his list. We talked about it, and how interesting it was and how lucky he was to know the elf's name.
Then he got quiet for several minutes. After a while he said, "I'm surprised about that letter." I asked him why, and he said, "Well, I didn't know the elves would be able to reach that high."
Ooops! Of course, I quickly reminded him of the movie Elf, and told him that he might have even used the step stool over in the corner.
I'm going to have to work harder at this if I want to keep convincing him to play along with my games.