Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Santa Claus, Jedi Master


Liam, while I was lighting the fire: Daddy, does Santa get burnt when he comes down the chimney?

Me: No, hon, he, ah... has special powers that protect him from getting burnt.

Connor: Like a Jedi?

Me: EXACTLY!

Star Wars is better than Google or Wikipedia for explaining absolutely anything. Go ahead, try me.

*Picture: Liam didn't want me to sing Christmas carols while we waited in line for Santa. Everybody's a critic.

43 comments:

  1. I LOVE LIAM!!! Just sayin.
    He's a smart kid.

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  2. Ok. I'll be 4th too, but let someone else round out Top 5.

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  3. I can't tell you how many times light of my life has covered my mouth when I was singing in public.

    Of course, my mother and everyone else (including strangers) does, too.

    I wonder if they're trying to tell me something.

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  4. The Dark Side alone covers just about anything that can pop up in the teenage years. Good call on the Star Wars.

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  5. 2nd attmept at this comment....

    At least you get a courteous cover of the mouth, I get "AAAAARRRGGHHHHH" from Sneaky Monkey.

    These kids don't know talent if it bit them in their diapers! (That is of course if Liam is in diapers which I cannot state as I do not know for fact - if he is not, good for you!!!! wanna potty train mine? - I have only been successful potty training 1 boy, the others are still in diapers)

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  6. whew!!! it went through!!

    Wow!! 7th & 8th!!! Top 10!! Aweseome!

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  7. TOP 10, BABY!!!!!

    Use the Force, Rudolph...

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  8. OK....I will try you.

    How does Santa get all the toys into one sleigh? Does he use the force?

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  9. What a sweetheart! Liam that is. Not that your not but......I'll shut up now.

    Explaining stuff to kids; use whatever works. LOL

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  10. I have to use Pokemon references. In our world Santa is legendary... you know not just your ordinary Pokemon power kind of Santa but legendary power kind of Santa.

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  11. Star Wars does work for everything. I gotta make my kids watch that. Caroline asked the same thing and I just tell her that he's magic. That's also how Santa can be at the mall while performing his North Pole duties at the same time. Magic. I wish I had thought to say, "Jedi."

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  12. love that he's wearing a lululemon toque. ;)

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  13. My kids just overtly cover their ears when I start to sing...rude little bastards ; ) And I have found for my kids I just say "cause God made it that way" I am assuming that could work with Santa Claus questions too.

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  14. Very funny!

    My daughter does the same thing, the little hand clamps over my mouth when I start beltin' out the showtunes. What, you don't like showtunes?

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  15. You can only *bark* Jingle Bells so many times....then it just gets Old.

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  16. Ok, I've got a question.

    Where does the reindeer poop go?

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  17. Got the same Q this year. To which I answer "magic". Makes em shut it every time. Never question the magic.

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  18. The Jedi Force/Power is an answer in my house daily.. :)

    I am loving the new Star Wars era we have begun.. :)

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  19. Liam comes by it honestly. I don't
    sing in public, only because of the
    trauma caused by my children in earlier years. Yes, even Cpt. D.
    was cruel, I was not allowed to even listen to a Christmas Carol until December 24th each year.

    If I tried to sing around the house, it was looked upon as a
    barbaric punishment for something
    they had done.

    I had almost recovered when the first of my grandchildren, put
    their hands to my mouth and said,
    "no, no singing, please!"

    but NOW I have a electric organ
    and I will sing and play Christmas
    songs for him, over and over and over and over.
    l

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  20. Ok, you may be able to help me out here. Since I am on the verge of having to have "the talk" with our ten year old, tell me how do you explain where babies come from in Star Wars speak?

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  21. Liam rocks. What a cutie. My kids tell me not to sing all the time, even though I have an AWESOME voice.

    they just don't know what they are missin...

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  22. you save the singing for later embarrassment in the 'teen' years. ;)

    very cute pic :)

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  23. OK. How about: Why does Janna have two mommies and Baxter have two daddies and Dash has just a daddy but I just get one of each?

    Cuz by the time I got through my little "families are more about love than being just like all the other families" schpiel, his eyes had rolled back in his head and his brain exploded. I need the 3-word Jedi answer, please.

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  24. haha That's an awesome photo of you two. LOVE it. Star Wars, my kids are so into it right now.

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  25. A wise lad Liam is. And an ear for music has he. (grin)

    Hey, any Star Wars wisdom on the event of losing one's job? I don't have any of the movies on disk, so I can't check. Let me know, O Jedi!

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  26. That picture is SO CUTE! Love it. The force is clearly strong with that one ;)

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  27. Hey Jerlyn! I have an electric organ, too! Well, battery powered, actually. That seems like kind of a weirdly personal thing to mention on your son's blog, but maybe things are different in Canada? Oh, and I don't know how to get Christmas carols out of mine!

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  28. Cameron- smoke and mirror, friend. Santa's bag is actually hiding a small hyper-drive engine. None of the presents actually leave the North Pole until Santa is in your living room where he waits for an elf to fire them through.

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  29. In LA we have Hot Santa with his washboard abs and Ana says Sienna our daughter wants to see Santa but I think Ana my wife wants to see Santa six pack.

    I'm a smart, smart man.

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  30. Liam is awesome. I just love using Star Wars to teach my boys the ways of the world.

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  31. FINALLY an answer to that question that makes sense. I've been asking it since I was six.

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  32. That picture is great. I've never thought of the Jedi angle.

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  33. I think there's a poster out there about "Everything I learned, I learned from Star Wars". Too funny.

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  34. When I was a kid I used to INSIST my parents not have a fire in our fireplace on Christmas Eve. I was afraid Santa wouldn't come if the chimney was hot!

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  35. THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS WE"RE LOOKING FOR...must be your Jedi Mind Tricks...I will have to remember that when my wife asks what's in her stocking.

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  36. That is so awesome! I just want to know where Santa keeps his lightsaber. And he better not have a purple Mace Windu gay light saber either. It better be blue or green!

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  37. awesome picture. and jedi's are awesome. taught him well, you have.

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  38. I came to your blog through a friends and follow you on twitter - I think the force answer was great - as you can probably tell, the force is strong in my house, except for the kids tend to lean toward the darkside.

    Yours is a good blog - thanks for sharing it.

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  39. You should have hummed the Star Wars theme, Jedi Claus appropriate.

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Come on, sailor. I love you long time.