Somehow I seem to remember believing in the tooth fairy longer than Santa Claus. I remember the adults made a big deal about it if you lost a tooth in school. They had little tiny manilla envelopes in the nurse’s office to put your tooth in to take home at the end of the day.
A fanny pack would be better…
O meh gad. Dey terk mer jerb!
i want one… gotta wonder how long that’ll last, though. also gotta wonder what the tooth fairy’s gonna bring.
A solid enamel sword?
hehe it’s cool that the school wanted to keep children’s imagination and beliefs alive for as long as possible :3 they don’t do that nowadays
@lich king: awesome. i could go for one of those, too.
I found out Santa wasn’t real at about 7 (caught my dad) didn’t tell him though. I admitted santa wasn’t real at about 17.
The only one that was real was the monster under my bed. We play cards nightly. He cheats.
Heh, when I lost a tooth in school, they would give me a tiny plastic “treasure chest” to put it in. ^^
Not Argyle?
Forte – Think I still have one of those some place…
Is it held together with earwax? And what do you mean Santa’s not real?!
@Heiny: Just remember to polish it with Crest Gel every once in awhile.
@Forte- Me too! Back in first grade they would even give us little certificates with a sticker on it as well.
They might have sent it home based on legal restrictions on what you can do with a person’s tissues without their explicit permission (IE, as regards medical experiments and such), too.
When I was a kid, the morning after I lost a tooth, I woke up and didn’t see anything under my pillow. My dad said he would look for it, and said maybe the tooth fairy put it under my brother’s pillow. While I was looking, I checked back on my dad and saw him looking through his wallet.
pfft…
i never believed in santa, and i pretended to believe in the tooth fairy, cos my sister didn’t, and my parents said that “the tooth fairy only pays people who believe in her” |:D
anyway, on a (*not so*) unrelated note, evey year, there is a “santa run” for charity along the seafront.
everyone who runs has to dress in a santa suit that they give you!
i remember one year when ALL of the hundred odd teachers from the high school ran. It was hilarious.