Looking for Santa

So this year, Taiyo really believes in Santa. School is partly the blame. But I believe most of the information comes from media. "I know he's in his workshop making toys for kids right now." "How do you know that?" "I saw it on Elmo." So I was debating whether Santa should come to our house for the first time this year. Most of the adults I consulted said yes, Santa should come. So I suggested we go see Santa at Macy's yesterday. Taiyo was so animated and decided to work on his wish list. Well, I had to write it down of course while he dictated: a toy race car that I can control, a toy airplane that I can control, a toy spaceship that I can control, a teeny tiny toy box of LEGOs, a spaceship that can fly all the way to the outer space. He signed his name. So we headed to Macy's at 6 o'clock Sunday night. We didn't know what we were headed to. I expected a long line, but maybe an hour wait? How naive I was. I've never done this before. I've never even considered it. When we got to the 8th floor, yes, there was a long line, and I saw a digital clock: "Wait Time to see Santa" then underneath: "3:30." I asked a big solemn-faced elf standing nearby a damn question. "Three and a half hours? Is that accurate?" He nodded. I couldn't believe people were willing to wait that long to see some fake Santa guys to have picture taken. And of course they were all with small kids! I told Taiyo that we couldn't see Santa because the line was too long, and he was disappointed that he couldn't deliver his wish list. But he didn't protest too much because I told him we can still mail him the list. I was somewhat relieved that Santa didn't get the list- Taiyo wasn't going to get any of them. We went downstairs and admired the window holiday display. Something you'd appreciate a bit more with kids. I totally enjoyed looking at Taiyo so enchanted.