Red she said!
This post was written for another meme ‘The Gallery’ run by Tara Cain over at Sticky Fingers. Life is really, really really hectic at the moment but rather than miss posting, I am presenting this as my entry for the letter ‘C’ on Jenny Matlock’s Alphabe-Thursday. I do hope you all forgive me & I’ll be back to fresh posting when the world has slowed a little. Don’t forget to pop across to read some more entries!
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Those of you who have visited here will know that I am married to THE most wonderful man in the world! No, don’t smile – you know that it’s the truth!
In 2003 he was given the chance to take redundancy & so became ‘retired’ at the early age of 49. After lots of discussions & hand wringing, we decided that he wouldn’t look for another job. I was a head teacher so earning a good salary & there were lots of things he could do to help make my life easier.
Unbeknown to us at the time, one of the main things he did was to come into school & get involved in its day to running. He had his own group of readers, he made book-cases, ran football clubs & tournaments & gave basic IT lessons to nervous adults!
When I opened the new school, one of the best additions was having a nursery class. These little ones brought a completely different atmosphere to the school. They reminded us that it was about fun & learning & not tests. So as Christmas approached we had to have a stable & we had to arrange a visit from Santa.. All staff stayed after school one evening & filled with tea & mince pies created a wonderful space that had the true atmosphere of wonderment & awe.
When the various nativity assemblies had been held, our stable was converted into a grotto and….you guessed it….OH was Santa.
He spent ALL DAY here, reading stories to each of the 14 classes & giving out presents bought & wrapped by our parent group. He lost about half a stone in sweat but….they never guessed it was him!
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As usual, you are now charged with visiting Tara’s blog Sticky Fingers to see RED some more!
Okay. I’ll grant that he’s in the TOP TWO of the most wonderful husbands in the world! I have the other one!
I hope life slows down for you soon. Don’t forget to exhale once in awhile.
Thanks for taking time out to link. I always love visiting you.
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PS. I have been addressing the issues on that e-mail you sent me re: links. I do it through e-mail and not in comments, but I’m hoping it’s cleaning things up a bit! Hugs!
What a sweet and wonderful husband you have! He looks great in his Santa Suit!
Fantastic! How lovely to be able to work together like that!
A special Santa, indeed! We need more like him in the world!
What a lovely story and what a lucky lady you are. I searched in vain for a Santa for the Twin Club pre-schoolers this year but we had to settle for one of the dads in the end as nobody stepped up!
No apologies needed Julia – love reading about your OH and this is a great C post – especially as Christmas is so far away – you can revel in it from the distance!
Love it!
Hope life does calm down for you!
Maggy
Our husbands must come from the same mold of heart of gold. The husband of mine opted out at 47 and we’ve making a living together ever since. He also played Santa for a couple of Christmases for a club that the mama belongs to.
Sounds like he’s having a really satisfying retirement so far! And it must be fun to have him supporting you in all your efforts.
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I bet the children love working with him.
That’s really sweet.. playing santa and reading to the kids.. Visiting via Alpha thursday.
He sounds very lovely & very kind 🙂
Brilliant! Can’t beat a good Santa…
Brilliant!! x
Aw – thanks. It’s lovely to see you!
That is so lovely.
Thank you. The grotto was just perfect. Many thanks for popping in!
Aww, how fabulous is that. What a lovely man!
I think so! It’s great to see you here!
I love the Christmassy pics for Halloween. Once the 31st is out of the way I feel I can really start the Christmas countdown. Lovely story! x
Glad I kicked off your preparations! Thank you for stopping by!
Brilliant. He makes a very good santa 🙂
He took some persuading! Great to see you!
What a lovely man to do this. It’s so difficult to find a good Santa these days.
I’m sure it is! Thanks for popping in!
Your husband sounds brilliant and it must be lovely that he’s so involved in your work.
One Christmas my own Grandad was Santa at my toddler group, I had no idea. Even though looking at the photos now, it is clearly just Grandad with a beard!
It is amazing how beards can disguise folk. Many thanks for stopping by!
How fab! Had me fooled, thought he was the real one! Great beard, did anyone try a tug?
No, I don’t think so – the teachers knew that it would have been a disaster as most of the children knew him!
We need a Santa at my German Playgroup… does he want to come?!
He said never again but …never say never eh!
LOL, great picture!
THanks muchly!
aww how lovely! He does sound pretty amazing and that Santa suit does suit him! 🙂
Don’t tell him that! He never wants to do it again!
Ho ho ho (sorry couldn’t resist!)
High fives to your man for being so ace.
Duh! Thank you for stopping by – I do appreciate it ‘cos I know you’re busy!
He does sound wonderful. My hubby once played Santa for a kids party. He’s was skinny then so needed lots of padding. Our 3 year old had no idea it was daddy’s knee she was sat on.
I don’t have little devils anymore so I wrote about a completely different kind for this weeks Gallery
Aw thank you! He is a special one!