Monday, January 7, 2008

Who is that bearded man?

This Christmas Katherine learned who Santa was. He was everywhere and that is really fine with me. We did not emphasize it but you can't avoid it. What was funny was that this Christmas we gave her about 8-10 Bible story books. When she began reading the story of Moses and the Passover she saw this picture:
And what did she say? "Santa!" No Katherine, that is Moses. But I can see the mistake, a nice, kind looking man with long white beard. By the end of the book she was saying Moses and the next day she said Moses the first time so she has been corrected.

Then we pulled out her book about Noah and the Ark. Again what did she say when she saw the pictures? "Santa!" Now this time I agree that it really does look like Santa. Noah is wearing red and while building an ark he is using very small tools and it could easily be mistaken for building toys.
Then look at him on the next page. As the animals are marching in he looks like "he's making a list and checking it twice". It was an honest mistake but it has been corrected and now she knows who Noah is.
So, here is jolly old Saint Nick. I guess I see the resemblance. The funny thing is that I could not find a single Christmas book in our house with a picture of Santa. I actually had to find these pictures from the Internet. So, she really did not learn who Santa was by reading our books at home.

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