Don't Shoot! It's Santa!

A couple of days before Christmas, the two youngest girls and I were in the van headed for home after having left Target. The girls had picked out some toys that they wanted Santa to bring them for Christmas. Sunshine said to KitKat, "If we aren't good, Santa will give our toys to the poor kids." Kit Kat said, "Mimi said the poor kids will shoot Santa." I immediately called Mimi and asked her why in the world she told the girls that the poor kids would shoot Santa (you can imagine what I was thinking...I won't put it in writing). Mimi denied it, but I could tell that KitKat was serious about having heard Mimi say that. Well about 4 hours later, Mimi called and said, "I remember. The girls and I were putting together gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child. I told them that they were for the poor kids. Sunshine asked why Santa just didn't go to the poor kid's houses and give them toys (good question, four year old!). I told them that there were wars going on in some countries where the poor kids lived and Santa might get shot." Ha! So now you can see how the children thought that the poor kids might shoot Santa!