"Daddy, do you believe in Christmas magic?" Ella Orton asked her dad as they were in the living room decorating their tree.

"Christmas Magic?" Randy asked wondering where she heard that.

"Yeah. Uncle John told Milly that Santa uses Christmas magic to get down the chimney. So, do you think that?"

"Ella, Santa is." Randy said just as Dena came out of the kitchen.

"Ella, go have your snack and then we can finish the tree." Dena said calling her away before Randy could say more.

"K, mommy." Ella made her way to the kitchen where her snack was on the table.

Dena walked over to her husband and sat down beside him. She knew Randy had the tendency to tell Ella the truth on everything.

"What?" Randy asked.

"I know you like to tell Ella the truth but this time, you need to go along with Christmas magic. I want her to believe in Santa for as long as she can."

"Alright. I will tell her and I happen to agree with you. I want her to believe as long as she can."

"Good." Dena kissed her husband and headed into the kitchen.

After her snack, Ella headed back into the living room. She was ready for her daddy to tell her about Santa.

"Okay, daddy. Out with the Santa truth." Ella said sitting in his lap.

"Okay, princess. Santa is magic. Just like Uncle John said. He uses his magic to get down chimneys and get around the world in a day."

"Oh, is that how reindeer fly? Christmas magic?"

"Yes. Reindeer fly because of Christmas magic."

"So, Rudolph is real?"

"Mmm, yeah. He is real."

"Oh okay." She got out of his lap. "Let's decorate."

Randy got up and walked over to the tree. He got out the ornaments and they started putting them on the tree.

"Daddy, if Santa is real, then how can Santa be in every mall?" She asked as she put one of the ornaments on the tree.

"The real Santa is in the north pole making the toys. The Santas in the store are cousins of Santa. They help him out each year by meeting the kids and hearing what they want for Christmas."

"Oh, okay." She said excitedly going back to decorating.

"Ella, did you do something to the tree?" Randy asked looking at it.

"Yes. I decorated it."

"Why did you put playdoh on the tree?" He asked taking an ornament made out of playdoh off the tree.

"I wanted to put my entigue touch on the tree. Mommy said we do that every year."

"Okay, is that why you put construction paper on it too?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

Randy just let it go. He knew there was no telling her to take them off. He helped her decorate while Dena was making Christmas cookies.

"Daddy, do we have to put this on the tree? It looks weird." Ella said holding up an ornament Dena had had for years. It was a ceramic elf her mother had given them.

"Yes. It's mommy's special ornament." He replied. He never liked the ornament but Dena liked it.

"Well, mommy is the kitchen. She will never know if we break it and hide it."

"Princess, we can't do that." Randy had to hide his laughter. He was tempted to let her break it.

"Okay." She said turning back to the tree. "Daddy, we need more candy canes."

"Alright. I will get them." Randy headed to the kitchen to get more candy canes.

Ella waited until her dad was in the kitchen before she walked over to the fireplace. She dropped the ornament on the landing around the fireplace. It made a loud bang when it fell which made Randy and Dena both come into the room.

"Elisabeth Orton. What did you do?" Dena asked her daughter.

"I was trying to hang the ornament and it slipped right out of my hand." Ella said sweetly.

"Really? So, why were you at the fireplace and not the tree?"

"I was walking toward the tree and I tripped and the ornament dropped. I swear mommy."

"Alright. I will clean this up and we will finish the tree." Dena headed into the kitchen to get something to clean it up.

"Did you really trip and break the ornament?" Randy asked her.

"Yes." Ella giggled.

"Alright." He had a feeling that she dropped it on purpose but he wasn't going to say anything to Dena about it.

"Mommy, I'm sorry I dropped your ornament." Ella said as Dena cleaned it up.

"That's okay baby. It was an accident." Dena replied as she cleaned it up.

"Alright. Can I watch cartoons?"

"Yes. Go." Dena said to her. She then turned to her husband. "So, did you put our daughter up to breaking the ornament so, we wouldn't have it anymore?"

"No." He scoffed. "I would never do that."

"Okay. For now, I believe you and her." She kissed him and headed back to the kitchen.

Randy walked to the sofa and sat down beside his daughter. He placed his arm around her and they watched the Grinch together.

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