13 January 2013

Presents from Santa

In England, we have certain spoken routines for children. For example:

Parent: What do you say when someone gives you something?
Answer: Thank you.

And here's another one:

Parent: What do you have to be to make Santa give you presents?
Answer: I have to be good.

But sometimes children don't give quite the expected answer. I was just watching a video of my granddaughter, Elsie, aged 2 years 10 months, talking to her Dad about Christmas.

Dad: What do you have to be to make Santa give you presents?
Elsie: I want to be a princess.