It's a tough job but someone's gotta do it!!

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I find it really hard to work out a time to put the stocking at the bottom of my kid's beds. It must have been about 11pm when I told my kids that it really was time for them to turn off the dvds and go to sleep. I thought that they would just fall asleep watching them but they didn't, they were way too excited! I wanted to go to sleep myself as I knew I would be woken up early the next day and it was going to be a long one. I was worried that I might wake them when I went into their rooms to pick up the empty stockings. I was worried that they might wake and say that their stockings were missing and catch me filling them. I was worried that I might wake them as the weight of them sank into their bed and they felt it. I thought that maybe I should set my alarm clock and do it in the early hours of the morning but what if they woke before me, how could I explain that Santa hadn't come? Shortly after I had turned off the tv and told them to sleep I could hear this harmonious humming coming from the bedrooms and my son's were snoring in harmony - quite literally! I struck while the iron was hot - 5 minutes and the job was done! Phew! It was 11.20 and my mission was complete but then I couldn't sleep - I was too excited! LOL What time did Santa come to your children? Do you suffer from the same dilemmas?