Sydney's Visit With Santa

I'm pretty sure preschools that acknowledge Christmas in any form are disappearing. I have nothing against celebrating other cultures and traditions, but it feels like the defacto is to not celebrate anything at all to keep from offending anyone. It's understandable, but of course I grew up in a school where Christmas was celebrated.

I'm so glad Sydney is able to have the same experience because it really does amp up the joy and anticipation of Christmas a notch. Aside from learning carols and getting a visit from Santa, their December craft was creating these banners with Christmas lights and their name in glitter. The room looked so charming with these hanging from the ceiling!

I thought this song was really cute with the kids doing all the actions.

Sydney is really in that sweet spot where she believes in Santa Claus but she isn't terrified by him either. She just happily sits on his lap and tells him her hopes and dreams- it's such a brief moment of time! Look at how honest-to-goodness excited she is:

I truly treasure photos like this!