I’d thought that when the kids began to wonder what’s really up with Santa, I would read them that wonderful old editorial “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
Christmas Eve, however, found us at the computer looking up Mr. Claus’s whereabouts via the Santa Tracker of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
The kids were mildly impressed by the web stuff. When I called 877 HINORAD and put them on speaker phone, things kicked into high gear.
Can’t speak for the kids, but I was totally shocked when a real person answered the phone. The very nice young NORAD lady asked where we lived, then told us Santa would enter Virginia airspace between 10 p.m. and midnight “and if you have any little ones, they should be in bed by nine o’clock!”
Talk about instant credibility. After the jaw-dropping was over, the eldest two made a beeline for their bedroom. When I tucked the youngest in, he asked to forgo the usual nighttime story so he could go right to sleep.
Unheard of!
The scene illustrated the power of a live human voice on the telephone … and the need in us all to continue believing.
Thanks NORAD.
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