Children live for magic of Christmas
Nowhere is the magic of the season more evident then in the eyes of children and the powers of Santa Claus.
Our young experts say Santa, who is also known as St. Nicholas, is as jolly as he is said to be.
“‘Ho! Ho! Ho!,' he says,” according to Jamey Kutch, 7, of Butler.
Kutch, the son of Shawna Crissman and Jeremy Kutch, compiles a Christmas wish-list for Santa in advance of the big day. But, he said, Santa already knows what's going on in his home and neighborhood.
“He watches everything from the North Pole,” Kutch said.
Madisyn Curzi, a 6-year-old from Fenelton, has a theory on how it's possible for Santa to keep tabs on so many good, bad, nice and naughty children.
“Santa has a magic ball,” she said. “A snowball.”
She is daughter of Michelle and Nick Curzi.
“He's also happy,” said 2 Z\x-year-old Lily Barlow of Connoquenessing Township.
Barlow, daughter of Jacob and Rachel Barlow, noted the importance of putting up a tree in advance of Santa's arrival.
You might, like brothers Brendon and Ashton Price plan to do, also want to leave cookies out on Christmas Eve in case Santa gets hungry on his long trip.
“We leave out a lot,” Ashton Price, 6, said. “He doesn't always eat them all.”
The brothers, sons of Rebecca and Jonathan Gates of Emlenton, said Santa never has a problem finding their home.“He must have a giant map up in the North Pole,” said Brendon Price, 10.Liliana Wong, 7, said her home in Renfrew has a chimney for Santa to slide down. But instead, her family leaves out a special “Santa key,” to allow him to bring his big bag of goodies through the front door.One of her brothers, 10-year-old Mitchell Wong, added that the family can't help but have Christmas on their minds beginning the day after Thanksgiving.“Jingle,” a magic elf, first appears in their home that day. Jingle disappears in the evening hours to report to Santa and make toys.But the Wong children find Jingle in a different spot in their home the next morning.Mitchell said you can talk to Jingle, but you cannot touch him.In addition to elves, the children say Santa has reindeer and a sleigh that flies.“The reindeer kick it to get it going really fast,” said 9-year-old Matt Martin of Butler.Matt, son of Steve and Chrissy Thompson, said this year he emailed Santa his Christmas gift wish list.Presents, said 4-year-old Renee Eggar, are delivered only to children who have been good all year.But Eggar, daughter of Matt and Stephanie Eggar of Mars, said behavior isn't the only factor Santa considers.“You also must believe,” she said.
