Santa, Old St. Nick, Pere Noel............

Christmas and Santa Claus, was an important part of our family, as we were growing up! Christmas and Santa Claus, was an important part of our family, as my kids were growing up, also! And now Christmas and Santa Claus, is an important part of my kids's families, and my grandkids! Heaven help the individual or society, that even thinks of taking this away from us! When you are 'running down my country, man, you're walking on the fightin' side of me' ! Nothing could ever take this away from us!

Santa to means peace and the warmth of Christmas. When I see people wanting that removed from the eye of society it makes me think of how cold society is getting towards Christmas. I have a little Santa that I put up and has the warm smile that always make me feel so warm and happy.

When I was young, I looked forward to Christmas because of my gift from Santa Claus. When I turned 12, I got the hint that Santa were my parents.. I just had to ask one more gift from Santa when I turned 13. LOL! My sister did the same thing 12 years earlier. I remember one time, SMASH bags were a hit (those backpacks with big clocks on them) and I wrote Santa real early to get me one. My dad had to find a friend who was going to Hong Kong to get me one. Now that they told me about it, we ll had a good laugh. Now it's my turn to play Santa to my daughter. She's 2 years old though and is not yet bitten by the Santa -gift craze. Still, we'll be buying a gift for her from Santa and hide it on the 24th.