Conversation between my eldest daughter and my middle son...
Sitting down to dinner....
Daughter (age 6): "Hey, we should pray to God."
This is what I get for enrolling her in Religious Ed.
Son (4): "Okay." Bounces up and down in his seat. "You start."
Daughter: "Dear God, thank you sooo much for this delicious food."
Son: "Dear God, thank you for our Christmas presents. Don't forget to bring me toys."
Daughter: "Dear God, thank you for my family."
Son: "And don't forget to come down the chimney on Christmas Eve to bring us presents."
I have to intervene.
Me: "Are you talking to God or Santa?"
Both children turn to me like deer in the headlights. My son laughs.
Son: "God."
Me: "You do know Santa's the man who crawls down the chimney and leaves you presents, right? God doesn't do that."
Son: (eyeroll) "God can do whatever he wants. He's GOD!"
Touche.
