≈I was sent this product, all opinion are my own!≈
I’ve tried so hard to resist mentioning the big C!!! I do think year after year it’s starting earlier and earlier and my fear is it will ruin the magic. That being said I do enjoy it… see I still haven’t said the word!!!
There are loads of gimmicks that try and get parents to part with their hard earned cash. That Elf on the Shelf being one!!!! Normally I love a bit of devilment but I have enough to remember without being in bed at night and remembering that I forgot to move the bloody doll.
So I pass on lots of fads because I don’t have that extra money or the extra energy that many require. Years ago things were so much more simple and not everything was as complicated.
One complication I came across a couple of years ago was when we moved into our new home and pride of place in our sitting room was a flue-less gas fire! Sounds cool eh? Well it really is, until you are trying to come up with a story to explain how Santa delivers his toys to a house with no fireplace!
The usual excuses were spouted. Santa finds a way. He’s magic. We leave a key out! Each one met with skepticism or perhaps it was just that I thought they were feeble explanations so I didn’t sell the ideas as well as I could.
Then boom like a gift from the Gods I came across Santa’s Magical Fireplace. This gorgeous concept contains a small replica of a red fireplace, vile of magic dust and a stunning book to read. The glossy book with a rhyming story explains how Santa can get into the homes of children without chimney’s or fireplaces.
They scratched at their heads,
and tugged at their beards,
some ideas accepted , but others too weird,
But at last, cried EUREKA!!! with a smile on their face,
They’d invented Santa’s Magical Fireplace!
My kids fell in love. We spent at least fifteen minutes trying to figure out what wall we were going to put the fireplace on. ‘Its going to get four feet tall!’ exclaimed my eldest.
Although Santa had managed other years…… this year we were helping him save his energy because we were doing the magic.
From a parents point of view (that’s me) I love the fact it came with a book. It’s going to be our bedtime story on Christmas Eve I didn’t say it!!! I didn’t! Damn it. We will sit together and read the book on the night we put it out for the Big Man and I think it’s the beginning of a new little tradition.
I was lucky enough to have one sent to me but you can get your Magical Fireplace from www.santasmagicalfireplace.com
Nice. I never thought of this and we lived in apartments a lot when my kids were little. Cute idea.
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It is a really lovely concept and the execution is spot on!
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Reblogged this on Blush, Belly and Babies and commented:
Well it’s that time of year again!
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