The whole week we talked about Santa and that he was nice and so friendly. Lillian said she would sit on his lap and give him a hug and maybe even a kiss. All went well until we pulled into the parking lot. Lillian said Francesca the frog (her critter of choice that day) was a bit nervous. I told her to tell Francesca there was nothing to be nervous about. When we got into the store, she would not even go over to watch other kids visit with Santa. So we played for a bit with the kitchen set and the dolls. I told her she could bring the doll with her and she still would not go. So I tried bribing her with food. I said if she went over and sat on Santa's lap, then I would take her to get a special Christmas donut. To that I got a snort. Which means she really wanted the donut but really did not want to see Santa.
We made our way to the line and when it was our turn, she would not budge from my arms. Not even Mrs. Claus could get her to look. So here is the finished product of 40 minutes in the store:
After a nap and the trauma of Santa wore off, we headed to the local Moravian church for their Christmas Candle Tea. The church holds it every year and I have only been once before but I always want to go each year. We arrived at the last hour of the tea but we got to look at various hand-crafted items from church members, try some Moravian cookies and sugar bread, watch beeswax candles being made and hear some music. The church invites local high schools to perform and we got to see the Sanderson High chorus. They were so good. Lillian was not very impressed with it; she just wanted to eat more cookies. But all in all we had a very fun-filled day and got us into the Christmas spirit even more.
inside the church - it is beautiful:
