For a year full of questions from our children (“Can Santa still visit me in coronavirus season? What if he can’t go to anyone’s house or near his reindeer?”), Adults around the world have understood that embracing science does not mean abandoning the magic of childhood.
Dr. Anthony Fauci assured the children that he had vaccinated Santa Claus against COVID-19.
Last spring, while implementing nationwide restrictions that successfully controlled the spread of COVID-19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed issues of concern to its younger components: “You will be pleased to know that we consider both the Tooth Fairy like the Easter Bunny for being essential workers, ”he said.
And just last month, in Prince George, in western Canada, Deputy Director Shandee Whitehead faced a Tooth Fairy crisis when five-year-old Gavin Jensen lost his front tooth … twice.
“I don’t know if he fell backwards or forwards; we were looking for him when he was out,” Jensen said.
“When I walked into the classroom, he was really upset,” Whitehead said. “We looked at the ceiling, we looked at the ground, we looked to the left, we looked to the right.”
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Since the pandemic began, our children have had to endure many changes, which makes it more important than ever to know that there are some things they can always bring to the bank.
So, like Mary Poppins, Whitehead went into her magic bag of tricks and pulled out a letter to the tooth fairy that a father had given her two years earlier.
“I was confirming that I had really gotten lost,” Whitehead explained.
He wrote in the official school stationery:
“Despite the heroic efforts of a fearless research team, we have not been able to recover [the tooth]. As a trained vice chancellor and amateur dentist, I can verify that there is definitely a gap in Gavin’s teeth that was not there this morning when he entered. Accept this letter as official verification of the lost tooth and provide the standard monetary change value you normally use for a real tooth. “
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“When I woke up in the morning, the Tooth Fairy came.” Jensen said. “And I got the coin! It was a gold and silver one!”
Whitehead ended his letter with a PS:
“I’m still waiting for the money from my wisdom teeth from 2000. Please pay as soon as possible. I have the bills to pay.”
“They pulled my teeth out of my mind and I got nothing!” she said.
A sweet reminder that to keep magic alive for our children, we also keep it alive for ourselves.
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Story produced by Jon Carras. Editor: Chad Cardin.