Little Prince met Santa Claus for the first time EVER yesterday!
Well, when I say "ever," there was the time 2 years ago, just before his 1st birthday when we encountered a Santa who scared him so much he cried and vomited everywhere but we don't count that! (Little Prince cried and vomited, not Santa)
Yesterday was Little Prince’s first visit to a grotto to see Father Christmas and tell him how good Little Prince had been all year.
So we duly trekked into Wrexham town centre to see the grotto and we were pleasantly impressed. In the centre of Queens Square, behind a “Sky" van and nestled close to the Christmas tree, was a little wooden two room shed. The porch was wreathed, the windows painted in snow, and a sneaky peek through revealed the kind of sitting room only seen on the cover of our “Night Before Christmas” book.
A discreet sign outside said we had to go into the tourist information centre next door to buy tickets as Santa was a busy man and didn’t like to forget anyone.
We gave Little Prince’s name on purchase, and by the time we reached the grotto again, Santa was waiting to greet Little Prince.
Little Prince is very shy with people he doesn’t know, and especially men, but Santa had him talking 10 to the dozen in no time. He found out Little Prince would like Play-Doh (red) and a Thomas the Tank engine, (blue) and (due to a clever arrangement with the elves where I would nod if a present was likely) promised to deliver accordingly.
Santa posed for a photo with a beaming Little Prince, and on the way out, thrust a present into a hot, trembling little hand “to help you remember to be good”
The Noddy book was worth the £3 admission alone, but to see Little Prince’s face as he sat in the grotto by his hero, and hear him tell everyone he met afterwards how he’d met Santa was totally priceless.
Over the last 20 years, Christmas Magic has faded a little in the Castle. It started to return as Little Prince grew, but this year? Meeting Santa Claus sprinkled Christmas Magic over all of us.
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