Story time- Santa Time

Dear Santa

Welcome Once Again,!!

Well my little munchkin is too small to key in but let me be an voice over for her thoughts.

Even before I begin my experience last night let me recall my memory on how I played a role of Santa to my little siblings when I was little. Being the eldest , I was probably responsible by the very order of my birth. When I had a little sister and 2 little cousins, this whole thing of making them happy was my goal, every Christmas, on the eve, I would tell them stories on how Santa planted gifts in their old socks. I would sneak out to the balcony at night after they were asleep  and plant my little toffee's as gifts.
And they would wake up on Christmas morning just to find their goodies of assorted chocolates. And they would be all be elated. Little did they know I planted those chocolates which I received either from friends for their birthdays or those bought by my lovely uncles and aunts. I would literally save all those chocolates for a whole month just to plant them in the old socks. Well that is now a memory! Eventually as they grew old, they realized I was behind all these assorted toffees...

Well now coming back to present, yesterday was quiet a day, tiring day at work when I reached home I Saw a note from teacher to contribute towards the donation day.
I always make it a point not only to donate the  some of the toys that S has outgrown but also buy a few new ones for this. While I was busy sorting , S walks up to me and said, amma, why are you cleaning my toy basket? Well now I just told her  its important to keep things in order and moved on from toys to clothes.

As I opened the cupboard I was shocked at the very sight of it, now at this hour how on the earth am I going to clean this up was all I could think.
I realized that S had made  a wreck of it in last few days, and I had totally ignored it in the daily routine. It was now time for me to act on it.
While Clearing the mess was one part, teaching her the importance of keeping things clean and organized was a bigger job in hand, I thought for a while on how to begin and here is how I stitched a story.

S- Amma, now why did you open my cupboard? Are you getting me new clothes?
Me- No Baby, I am going to Clean your cupboard.
S- why, why should you clean amma. Don't clean them amma, please please tell ok!!
Me- Deep Breath, ok Sam, listen I will tell you a story.

Deep down the street there lives a old ajja/ ajji ( Grandpa, Grandma) who carry a huge bag on their back. In this bag they carry both old toys & clothes and also gifts.
They visit every house in the night open the child's cupboard and see if its neat and tidy, well if its not clean and tidy they take a pant here and a shirt there, a socks here and shoe there, when you want to wear them you will never find them in pair.
So for them not take away your stuff, I am cleaning them. I am cleaning them for you. Now I will clean this for you and you help me arrange them, but you should clean your own cupboard as you grow.
From now on you will take things and put them back in same way ok? else this ajja will take away all your clothes and toys.

Remember what chitti  told you? Cleanliness next to and she completed the sentence with GOD!!

S- Oh, really?  ok, so they took my Hoody jacket amma?
Me- Yea, they have taken your Hoody jacket, because you kept your cupboard unclean.
S- I want my Hoody Jacket amma
Me- Well, lets clean the cupboard and  tell them that you will  keep it clean and tidy from now ask them to return your Hoody jacket ok?
S- Ok ma!!

Once I cleaned the entire mess, S asked me if the old ajja /ajji would return her hoody jacket. ( Frankly, we dont know where her jacket went, but its been missing for a week now) Little child was expecting a gift or rather her hoody jacket for having cleaned the mess this morning.

Now Dear Santa, Little S was expecting her Hoody Jacket Back and she was quiet disappointed not to find her gift when she woke this morning, It would be nice to give her one, while I will also try to locate the missing one. If she gets a double treat from you and me, the other will go to her Donation Day to bring a smile on another child :)

Thank you and Bring on a Smile