T.Puzzle asked me if Santa knew everything. I told him Santa knew a lot but maybe not everything.
He pondered this a moment.
“Mom, Santa doesn’t know everything. He gave Full Speed a Hotwheels video for Christmas and we already have that one.”
This was an extremely valid point. What I wanted to say was, “Well, maybe Santa was stressed out trying to remember every, tiny holiday detail and was trying his best not to disappoint anyone and keep all of his commitments to his friends, family and children’s schools. Maybe he realized at a last moment he needed to keep things equal between you and your brother and had forgotten to get a video for Full Speed. Possibly he was frazzled beyond belief and happened to find a Hotwheels video in the Walmart clearance bin for three dollars and he took it as a sign that Full Speed was meant to have that video as a stocking stuffer and he didn’t have time to cross-reference Full Speed’s entire video library before purchase.”
Instead I just said, “He probably wanted Full Speed to have one he could take on trips with him.”
Thankfully, T.Puzzle left it at that.
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