The spirit of Santa always always lives in our hearts, even when we outgrow childhood. He is more than just a story. He is the spirit of the season who lives at the North Pole (I actually visited Santa's Workshop years ago when my children were young). Santa offers wonder-filled feelings of kindness and gives, receives joy, and brings magic to December days.
I am proud to be a member of the Activities Committee in my community. For the second year, we offer an afternoon for grandchildren to visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus, their elves, and our Music Man. Bakers are busy in their kitchens creating delicious cookies for Santa's visitors. Baking elves are ready to bag the cookies for the children and other elves create a Santa wonderland. I am preparing for the event.
Children will enjoy the decor, have fun listening to holiday music, and listen to a Christmas or winter book read aloud. The highlight of the day will be Santa Claus but Mrs. Claus will have fun also. She arrives with a basketful of gifts for each child and the community veterans has a Toys for Tots box available for children who are not fortunate enough to have a new toy at the holidays.
I am late in writing this post but am now ready to join Poetry Friday with my friend librarian and poet, Linda Mitchell. Linda stated that "one of the best things about about poetry, for me, is play." Check out what Linda means at her blog. She gave me an idea for a poem so I traveled to Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry 4 Kids blog. There I found a funny poem, Cookies for Santa. It inspired me to write a poem for our Cookies With Santa's event tomorrow. I had fun playing with rhyme and word choice and will have the poem will be at the reading elves' tables.
Santa's coming to town
In a suit of red
Waiting for children
Mrs. Claus, elves, and Music Man
Will happily join the plan.
Families will come in holiday-style
Just to see the Big Guy smile.
Adults will stand in line
Wondering if all will be fine?
Who will sit on Santa's lap?
Some may tug on his beard or hat?
Others may simply run away,
Cry, or say hip-hip hurray!
Storytime, cookies, and music will
Bring Santa a pre-Christmas thrill.
May all your photo ops recall
A glorious December day
With Santa's crew
Chatting in an old-fashioned way.
So Merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night!
Playfully written by CVarsalona, 2024
Your Cookies for Santa event sounds fantastic!! Wish I were a kid again and could attend too! How fun that you wrote a poem for the reading elves' table. Thanks for this welcome dose of holiday spirit. Have fun tomorrow and Happy Holidays!!
ReplyDeleteThis is all kinds of fun! My goodness...you are one busy lady! Your post and poem take me back to my childhood. Our little town had a visit with Santa at our fire station. It was always so exciting! Thank you for the visit down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun community event, Carol. Though I'm sure you'll see a mix of those reactions to the Big Guy.🤭 Cookies are the cream on top!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of work you all are doing for this very special event, Carol. I love the poem which I believe could also be a song! A colleague (drama teacher) at our school continues his Santa ways this year. He and his wife dress up at numerous celebrations. Happiest of holidays to you, at the event, and with your family! 🎄
ReplyDeleteMy son never quite bought into the idea of Santa Clause, but we still talk about him as a fictional character, like Winnie the Pooh, and he's alright with that. ;-) We took him out to a local toy store to buy some toys for our local Christmas drive - it's so important to instill that sense of empathy and compassion at this time of year. <3
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