I remember my niece doing this Christmas Eve on an iPad, some 13/14 years ago? My wife used to enjoy engaging with the kid & the app/site. Whatever it was. Lol, she’ll probably be hitting the bar this year.
Nor I with the technology. I also found out about “Santa’s limitations” at a very early age when one of his “little helpers” crashed on our sofa after a busy day at work the day before forgetting the time. Understandable, they can multitask being on the “nice list” themselves? It seemed to be delivered in paper potato sacks in our house, at the time. Happy memories.
My mum had a colleague when I was 17? The colleague had a young kid & her bloke (the kid’s dad.) left her so my mum took her in with the child over Christmas. (Spare room was free.) I went round her house with my mum Christmas Eve & picked her up in my car on the other side of town sneaking the child’s presents in the back. New Year’s Eve her kid was asleep. The count down to a new year was looming. This woman 10 years older than me? after far too much to drink she made aggressive amorous advances in my direction. Much to the visible shock of my younger sister & her 2 friends looking on gobsmacked. I was more aware of their expressions than what this woman was doing.I remember staying at SIL one Christmas when my nephews were very young. We stayed up till 1am getting presents down from the attic and making it look like Santa and his elves visited. Then we were woken by SIL at 6am so she could film us all as the boys woke up and saw the presents. An hour and a half later she had to go upstairs and wake them. Had a nice nap after dinner that year. I am a proper grumpy Grinch if I don't get my 8 hours sleep.
