Little jill creeps downstairs on christmas eve to try to see santa. to her shock, she sees her mommy kissing santa claus underneath the mistletoe! in response to this stressful sight, jill wishes that it had never happened and tries not to think about it too much. she is trying to stop herself from thinking about how upsetting it was to see mommy and santa in such a compromising position! in this example, jill is using coping methods.