Did you spot Santa in the sky?

[Ujjayi]

We did but only just! Happened to check my phone at 1722 so rushed DCs into the garden in their socks

Eldest (14) very game & cheering on maniacal excitement of youngest (10)!!!

[poorbuthappy]

Yes!!!

[EdSheeransGString]

Yes we did, dd1 (5) nearly burst with excitement

It was lovely

[Iwantacampervan]

Yes - very clearly. I was excited - not sure about DDs (13 &15) but they came out to watch to humour me.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Yes we did! We're under a flight path though so took a few seconds to register

[EElisavetaofJingleBellsornia]

Just got back, very excited DCs

[utahforever]

Yes we did amid much excitement - Christmas has now started

[WhyYouGottaBeSoRude]

Yes same as you OP. Looked at phone at 17.22 and rushed boys out and caught it. DS1(9) murmured something about it looking very like the ISS but i shushed him and said everything looks the same so far away hope i got away with it!

[Nervo]

Yes, we saw it.

Were we the only ones who saw two?

Maybe I've had too many g&T's.

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

Yayyyy! DS(8) is beside himself. Many thanks to whoever it was reminded us all this morning.

[SisterMoonshine]

Just wow!
I was expecting it to look just like when you usually see a satellite - but that was special.
DD thinks she heard him shout "On Dasher!" and bells

[TheWordFactory]

We think so! Certainly my nieces (6 and 3) are certain .

[pieceofpurplesky]

Yes .., I think I was more excited than ten year old DS though!

[RandomHouseRules]

We did! Over the rooftops of London. Kids are now very excited indeed!

[CherryLips1980]

I missed it :(

[unclerory]

We saw it, it was much higher in the sky than I was expecting and was very exciting! The DDs were hanging out of the bedroom window and there was much discussion about where he was going.

[Ujjayi]

CherryLips - you can see it again at 1858 apparently so still time!

Aww so glad so many people spotted it. It's such a clear night but I wasn't expecting it to be so obvious.

[aurorasky]

Yes, my nearly 3 year old was waving 'hello Santa'. My eyes leaked a bit. Hope the sky stays clear for 7pm.

[SantasSparklySack]

Have I missed something? do tell!!

[dingit]

We saw it here too. Beautiful clear sky tonight. Me more exited than the dc ( teens)

[BrightestAndBest]

Yes. By complete coincidence we left the church after the Christingle service at precisely 17:22. Good timing

[SpottyTeacakes]

It was higher than I thought it would be too!

[lolalotta]

We did toooo!

[Stitchosaurus]

I kept asking "can you see the reindeer? Can you hear the sleigh bells?" to try and plant the memory for DS he looked at me as if I was mad! He's 3 and is half excited-half terrified of Father Christmas. Tucked up fast asleep now, god knows what time he'll be up tomorrow!

[Timetoask]

Please someone explain?

[WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes]

I did, but I was on my own. Last year I took the DCs out and they just went "yeah Mum, it's the International Space Station" and went back in, we've done it too often at non Christmas times. The very first time we took them out was to see the last ever flight of the Space Shuttle, that was pretty special.