Manteo Tree Lighting- December 5, 2014

Well, Santa has really fallen behind in his recording! For those of you new to the North Pole, Santa usually posts a brief description of what he has learned from the children who sit on his lap(and he learns something new each adventure) He then goes into more detail in his diary and includes pictures! I will give you the website at the end of this entry! Last Friday night Santa participated in the tree lighting in downtown Manteo and had a real good time! After making ...a brief appearance on the balcony at the Courthouse( I guess some missed seeing him entirely) Santa welcomed well over 100 children onto his lap (Santa has a Biiiiiiiig lap)
There were a lot of requests for Uggs this year, of various colors, as well as roller skates! Ninja Turtles seem to be popular this year also with the usual requests for trucks from the boys( A bigger truck and a truck within a truck were two specific requests) and baby dolls from the girls(American Girl and Barbie) There are some constants in life!
Santa did get a request for a unicorn and Pegasus( "you know, that horse that flies, Santa") but one little girl wanted a Manatee and a little boy wanted a donkey! Then there was the girl that wanted a mermaid tail that swam for her when she put it on. And one real little fellow wanted a live dragon but when I explained that they ate little boys, he was rethinking that request!   Perhaps the most unusual was the youngster who wanted a ticket to Switzerland and she was very clear that both her parents knew she wants that.  Santa would sure like to know the story behind that one!  Another little guy wanted bricks or something made of wood, a budding builder maybe.  There were a couple of requests for ponies and I told them as I always do for requests for live pets that Mom and Dad have to sign off on it and that produces some interesting reactions.  All the way from, "Oh, it's alright with them" to  "Oh, I guess I better think of something else."  One little one asked for all the Princesses, but she wasn't sure who they were when I asked her!
 After a little one presented me with a picture she had drawn and colored of Comet(she was very positive that's who it was) and the resemblance was striking, I had my favorite visitor of the night. A young lady about 8 or so sat on my lap and explained that the ONE thing she really wanted was an end to the War in Iraq. I asked if her Dad or Mom were over there and she said no, her Dad was a preacher. She just wanted that war to end! A little one who is being raised in a wonderful manner, very unselfish!  And that's the story from Santa's lap for today!