Chris and I aren't the type of parents to take the kids to see Santa every year. From what I've seen, the Santas aren't what they used to be and the pictures are pricey. I was invited to check out the Macy's Santa Tour at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana and I was a skeptic. But the minute I saw the big guy himself, I began to believe again. This Santa looked and acted like I had always pictured him to be. Santa sang to us, read us a story and he is the type of Santa I want my sons to believe in. I can't thank you enough Macy's for all the new holiday traditions we started this year - Thanksgiving Day Parade and now, a trip to see Santa! Not only were we able to take as many pictures of our kids with Santa as we wanted but each kid was given a holiday plush, coloring book and crayons. The best part of all was that every kid could mail a letter to Santa in the special mailbox and for every letter received, Macy's donates $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation (up to $1 million).
We got to meet Make-A-Wish kid Sarah Poulsen. Sarah is 8 years old and has juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. She wants to be a chef and Macy's gifted her with the cutest chef apron, hat and basket of cooking and baking goodies!
Santa was dozing off during story time and Sarah had to wake him up! (He's a busy man, kids!)
My gorgeous littles! One of the elves had Omie's attention!
Omie's First Christmas! He's checking out Santa and we asked Duke why his arm is all funky and he said he didn't want to put it on Santa's belly (LOL)
Gift from Aflac, Thank you! You can buy the Aflac Holiday Duck 2012 online or at Macy's - All proceeds go to over 50 hospitals dedicated to the research and treatment of pediatric cancer.
Two letters to the North Pole! For more info on all of Macy's Holiday Events, visitmacys.com/holidayevents Disclosure: I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere provided me with compensation for this post about Macy's Santa Tour. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own. #culture #newtraditions
