Ho Ho Ho....

Here is Santa, setting off at 10am to go to the Little Acorns Toddler Group. I was driving, as it was safer-  he had his wellies on, and also he was wearing his 'computer glasses' which are fine for screen work, but no good for distance or driving. I turned into the road to Foulsham, the village where our chapel is. "Road Ahead Closed" said the sign. 

I ignored it and kept driving [the last two times the closure has been the other end of the village, so we could still get to chapel] But found the closure was just further down the road. Diversion of about 3 miles brought us back to a spot about 100yds from where we were before. Never mind, we still got there in good time. Bob entered by a side door, into the Vestry without being seen by the children. He was locked in, to prevent discovery by toddlers, and given a plate of party food and a bottle of PVA GLUE [his moustache had fallen off!] Two chairs were set out in the chapel, his Little Helper [me] went in with the jingle bells, and got the children to call out for Santa.

Some children were a little unsure, but one darling little boy came and stood patiently next to Santa as each parcel was retrieved and the name read out. In the way of these things, this child's gift was the last one to come out of the sack! The youngest recipient was barely three weeks old. It was good to hear so many children saying Thankyou when they got their parcel. Ann and Amanda had put a lot of thought into the gifts. Then there was a time for photo opportunities.

All went really well, and Crystal, our minister's wife, put on her bubble machine to add to the festive atmosphere.

The diversion was still there on the way back, but we got home safely and had a busy day doing odd jobs around the house/workshop. I was glad when he took the beard off though...