I will always love this picture - it captures the last day that the boys believed in Santa Claus. The conversation started when Ryan told me that he wanted to believe in Santa, but he really wasn't sure if it was true. For example, it doesn't really make sense how he is able to visit every house on Christmas Eve and why do all of the Santas look different. Luke started trying to explain that he thinks that the way Santa visits every house is through his elves and it's not really him going down every chimney. Ryan then said "I will be disappointed if Santa is not real, but I'll really be disappointed if I'm forced to believe something that isn't true." After some back and forth of saying that Santa is real when you want to believe he is real, etc. Ryan said that he gets it, but he still wants to know because he doesn't want to be "stupid" if Santa is not a real person. Greg finally told him that Santa is not 1 real person, but that there is a little bit of Santa in all of us. Ryan thought that meant that Santa told us what to get him and then we got it. Luke said, "No Ryan, Mama and Daddy order our gifts from Amazon. They are Santa." After the revelation, Luke pointed out a few times that he had found evidence that we had bought his Santa gifts (blue duct tape in the trash can from his R2D2 costume, a calendar that was left in an Amazon box that he later got on Christmas morning). We had been expecting anger or tears from Ryan, but he was fine with it. When I tucked him into bed that night he thanked me for telling him the truth.
Now there are 4 of us in the house who get to keep Santa alive and fun for Leah. Ryan and Luke are excited to get to help out.
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