Walking through Central Market today, Little B was the kid screaming, "Mama, see Santa!", at the top of her lungs each time we walked by a big Christmas display inside the store. She was in love with all of the fun, very reachable and fragile decorations that were everywhere and she could not wait to tell everyone about it. She was loud... very loud.
As I repeatedly rescued items from my toddler's surprisingly strong fingers and said "No touch, please" over and over again, I was fully preparing myself for the annoyed looks, frustrated sighs of discontentment and judgey attitudes about my toddler's extremely loud and grabby excitement over the holidays. But much to my wonderful surprise, I did not get any of that. Instead, I got really nice people interacting with my child with such holiday spirit.
One old man talked to my little one about how Santa was going to come to his house this year because his granddaughter was going to be visiting for Christmas.
The bakery guy offered her a very special Christmas cookie with extra sprinkles (Thank you bakery guy because we were dangerously close to a lunch time meltdown!).
One lady gave my little girl tips on how make a good gingerbread house.
Another lady instructed Little B to not forget to leave out food for Santa's reindeer because reindeer get hungry too and they are doing most of the work anyways by pulling that heavy sleigh. Let's just say that this lady had some very strong opinions about reindeer.
Everyone was incredibly sweet and patient. I got so many "She is so beautiful", "Isn't this age magical?" and "Merry Christmas".
Anyways, the whole outing proved to be a very wonderful reminder of what the season is all about... being nice to one another and slowing down the hustle and bustle in order to see the holidays through a child's eyes. I mean that is after all what we are all striving for each year when we try to recreate the magic of the season as we remember it growing up. Whether it is the mystery of Santa or making the mashed potatoes just like your mom did or the excitement of Christmas morning, it is fun to tap into that inner child.
So thank you fellow Central Market patrons. You helped me focus on the spirit of the season.
And yes, we may have walked away with way too many ingredients for the making of a gingerbread house. The sugar high is going to be epic and magical all at the same time.
As I repeatedly rescued items from my toddler's surprisingly strong fingers and said "No touch, please" over and over again, I was fully preparing myself for the annoyed looks, frustrated sighs of discontentment and judgey attitudes about my toddler's extremely loud and grabby excitement over the holidays. But much to my wonderful surprise, I did not get any of that. Instead, I got really nice people interacting with my child with such holiday spirit.
One old man talked to my little one about how Santa was going to come to his house this year because his granddaughter was going to be visiting for Christmas.
The bakery guy offered her a very special Christmas cookie with extra sprinkles (Thank you bakery guy because we were dangerously close to a lunch time meltdown!).
One lady gave my little girl tips on how make a good gingerbread house.
Another lady instructed Little B to not forget to leave out food for Santa's reindeer because reindeer get hungry too and they are doing most of the work anyways by pulling that heavy sleigh. Let's just say that this lady had some very strong opinions about reindeer.
Everyone was incredibly sweet and patient. I got so many "She is so beautiful", "Isn't this age magical?" and "Merry Christmas".
Anyways, the whole outing proved to be a very wonderful reminder of what the season is all about... being nice to one another and slowing down the hustle and bustle in order to see the holidays through a child's eyes. I mean that is after all what we are all striving for each year when we try to recreate the magic of the season as we remember it growing up. Whether it is the mystery of Santa or making the mashed potatoes just like your mom did or the excitement of Christmas morning, it is fun to tap into that inner child.
So thank you fellow Central Market patrons. You helped me focus on the spirit of the season.
And yes, we may have walked away with way too many ingredients for the making of a gingerbread house. The sugar high is going to be epic and magical all at the same time.
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