Christmas Confusion

Caroline has decided that she wants a fishing pole, "a phone to call her shapes" and "Diego Go candy" for Christmas. We have no idea how she came up with the fishing pole or the "phone to call her shapes" but she saw some Go Diego Go! themed candy in Toys R' Us and wanted it and I told her she had to ask Santa. We were at the mall today and it was all I could do to try to explain to Caroline that she does not need to ask Santa for something everytime she sees him somewhere and that when you ask Santa for something you do not immediately recieve it from him. It is a very hard concept for a 2 1/2 year old to grasp that you ask Santa for what you want and then you have to wait for a long time to actually get it from him! Brett keeps reminding her that Daddy gets presents first on his birthday and then Santa will bring Caroline presents (even though she will not actually see Santa bring her the gifts!).