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2 Santa for older children
"Dad, what were their two names?"
"His name was Sandy and her name was Tasha. Anyhow, someone in the
class then raised his hand and asked the teacher how she could be sure
these were the real facts. She then said that she knows because she was
the 187th descendent of Mrs. Santa Claus. Well, let me tell you, there
was this o-o-o-h sound over the class and then silence for a long time.
Then someone asked how she knew that? She said that she had a book that
had a written genealogy and everything that she learned she had learned
from her mother and her mother had learned it from her mother all the
way back to the first Mrs. Claus. Someone in the class then said if that
was true, what was the first Mrs. Claus’s name, and without hesitation,
the teacher said the first Mrs. Claus’s name was Anwyn."
"Daddy, what is a de-cend-ant?"
"Well Jeffery, you mean ‘descendent’. Ok let’s
see, you know how you have a grandma and your grandma has a mother that
is your great grandma?"
"Yes"
"The grandmas are your ancestors and you are their descendent. If
you were to keep adding lots and lots of new great grandmas, each time
you added a new great grandma you would be adding another ancestor and
you would be their descendent. Do you understand now?"
"I think so"
"Well, let’s go on. After the class got over the surprise of
the teacher being a descendent of Mrs. Claus she told us more about Santa
Claus’s life. She said that Santa did build a toy factory in the
North Pole but most of the year he sold his toys to shops and made lots
of money. Then on Christmas Eve he would visit a number of towns and leave
toys on the doorstep of all the children’s homes. She said that
the story of Rudolph was also somewhat true. Rudolph was the lead reindeer
and on stormy nights Santa mounted a pair of lanterns on Rudolph’s
harness so Rudolph could see to lead the sleigh. She said that a combination
of the glow of the lanterns and the cold made Rudolph’s nose look
like it was glowing red."
"But Daddy, I though that Reindeer flew."
"Well, she explained that too. She said that Santa got so good at
delivering toys on Christmas Eve everyone was amazed and they said that
he must be magic. They also said his reindeer must have flown around his
route. Even with this amazing number of deliveries Santa was not satisfied
and tried to organize a group of volunteers called the Santa’s helper
group, but this still didn’t satisfy him. Then after a number of
years of looking for a way to get even more toys to children he hit upon
the channeling idea. Santa knew that he was getting old and didn’t
have a son to carry on after him. He knew that it was up to his only daughter
to carry on, but in 701 AD the law would not let his daughter run the
toy factory. He also realized that if he was a spirit he could be everywhere
at once.
He then took his daughter aside and explained his plan. In the last year
of his life he would sell the toy factory and put the money in a special
bank account. His daughter could then live off of this bank account and
travel around the world training new Santas. Once the new Santas were
trained Santa's spirit would enter their mind and tell them what to say.
This way Santa could talk to thousands of children at once. And that’s
the way it has been for over 1,200 years.
Because Santa’s first daughter had a number of daughters of her
own and they each had a number of daughters there are now thousands of
Santa’s descendents around the world training good hearted men how
to let the real Santa speak through them and it is called channeling."
"Wow, so that Santa over there with the fake beard could really be
Santa?"
"Yes"
"But Dad, how can you tell if it is one of the real Santas?"
"That’s easier than you might think. Just look for an old-fashioned
door key hooked to their belt. You see, that key is made of a special
metal that was designed by the first Santa. The metal vibrates in a special
way and helps channel the spirit of Santa."
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