by J Gardener

Every young child spends November and December (maybe even October) with one thought burning in the forefront of his mind: Santa Claus is coming on Christmas Eve and is going to leave a great pile of toys and games and goodies under the tree. Because a part of every day is spent planning for Santa's visit, every child assumes Santa knows the way, and the address, and exactly where to leave the presents, long before the sleigh takes off from the North Pole.

So, many children prepare very carefully for the coming holiday. They take great pains to craft written wish-lists that they send to St. Nick, often gettng replies from the Jolly One. A lot of kids surprise their parents, by magically transforming their behavior during the holidays, in the hopes of attracting Santa's notice, that they have, indeed been good.

Yes, most children approach Christmas with as much of a business-like approach as is possible for children to have. Even so, many children are surprised, each year, at how nave their parents seem to be about Christmas and Santa Claus, especially when parents inform their children that the family will be away from home on Christmas morning. What most parents fail to understand, or remember from their own childhoods, is that this kind of announcement is bound to cause a child to panic. How can Santa Claus find them, if they're not where they're supposed to be?

Parents who make such ill-conceived plans for Christmas had better have a plan for convincing their children that Santa Claus can, indeed, find them, on the big night. Sure, Santa could leave the presents at the family's home, but then the children wouldn't have much of a Christmas morning, would they?

It's not enough for a parent to just let Santa know where the family's going. Parents should provide some kind of proof to their kids that Santa has the address of their destination. A letter from St. Nick to the child would be nice, assuring the child that the right presents will show up, wherever the child's family goes. A call from Santa to the child would help, as well. Even if Santa could tell the child, in person, like at the mall, that everything will be as it should, on Christmas morning, then a child might sleep easier, as Christmas approaches.

Of course, no child will totally believe that Santa can find the family, until Christmas morning dawns and the child finds the treasures Santa has left. But once that's happened, and Santa's come through, the Christmas trip is something that can become a family's tradition.

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