My son is now eight years old, and is looking forward to Christmas. But he is getting quite inquisitive about how the process of present giving works. Here is a conversation my wife and I had with him recently.
My son: Is Santa Claus real?
My wife: I think so.
My son: Where does he live?
My wife: I think it is in Finland.
My son: Is he a human?
My wife: No
Me [simultaneously]: Yes
Me: Well, we don’t really know what he is.
My son: What do scientists believe he is?
[Pause]
My wife: I think he is a kind of magic person, a bit like a god.
My son: Or maybe it’s more than one person.
Me: Yes.
It could be like a secret organisation of people, who help Santa to put
presents in houses all over the world.
My son [skeptically]: And he always comes in through the chimney?
Me: He also uses windows… Um… By the way, if you had one magic power, like invisibility or the power to fly, what magic power would you like?
Wishing you all a magical Christmas.
Vocabulary:
simultaneously – of two or more events,
happening at the same time
[e.g., The two football matches are being
played simultaneously. So we will let
you know what is happening in both matches.]
skeptically – with an attitude of doubt
[e.g., Investors have reacted skeptically
to the company’s claims that they will be able to double their profits next
year.]
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