Dear Santa..
Dan dan dan's post below reminds me of something else I'm currently hoarding.

I'm rubbish at hiding anything at home, I'm either so stupid I forget where I put stuff OR it's in an obvious place and gets found. Hence, Christmas time comes around, my kids write their letters to Santa and in our House we put them infront of the fireplace and Santa 'collects' them via the chimney.

What actually happened the first time my oldest had written one was - we didn't know what to do with it - chuck it? keep it? There's no way we could throw it out, it's full of dreams, cutely worded bad spelling and memories. So I took it upon myself to stash it in my work manbag and hide it somewhere at work the next day!

I now have a box file at work on the shelf next to my desk stuffed full of 3 kids worth of letters and pictures for Santa from the past 8 years.
(TheManofScience, Tue 8 May 2012, 15:40, 6 replies)

If you don't burn them and let the smoke go up the chimbley, how will Santa get them?
I bet anything that whatever they wished for failed to magically appear on Christmas morning, and you probably had to go out and buy it yourself. Well, now you know why.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Tue 8 May 2012, 16:20, closed)

But...
you mean???

Santa? NOOOOOO!
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Tue 8 May 2012, 16:50, closed)

The sad thing is my first child has like, 9,000 hours of video
The last, 43 minutes. Life is not fair, but to be honest, I've already seen the first walk, the first burp, the first smile, the first sleep, the first ______.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 8 May 2012, 17:57, closed)

... fuck?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 8 May 2012, 20:40, closed)

Studies show that
...no-one ever watches more than a tiny fraction of their baby videos.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 9 May 2012, 10:26, closed)

except
Mr & Mrs McCann
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Wed 9 May 2012, 12:02, closed)