Ho, ho, ho

With Christmas quickly approaching, I've been working hard at teaching Baby all about Santa. Whenever we see a picture of Santa in a book, or on her stocking, or wherever else he may be at this busy time of year, I say: "Ho, ho, ho... Merry Christmas!" in my best Santa voice. So you can imagine my surprise when we had this conversation the other day:

Me: "(Baby), what does Santa say?"
Baby: "Vroom, vroom", while making hand motions that look like she's riding a motorcycle.

HUH?!

One of our neighbors has these enormous, dare I say obnoxious, house-size, seasonal balloon characters that sit in their lawn throughout the year. Gone are the pumpkin and the ghost, and now it's Santa and a snowman. Unlike the real Santa who rides on a sleigh with reindeer, this neighborhood Santa rides on a motorcycle! Baby loves seeing these balloons as we go out for our daily dog walk, and obviously the motorcycle-riding Santa has made quite an impression on her.

Vroom, vroom, Merry Christmas!