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come out from a side road. They had the "right-of-way" of course, but it did not matter to them. It is nice how Christmas brings out the good in people. The Christmas of 1994, was a unique year in many ways for me. Three families on different days before the holiday brought their children to see me. Now these kids jumped on my lap and promptly told me that they were not Catholic or Christian. They said, "we are Jewish" and would I come early and bring them presents for Hanukkah? Strange they do not profess the existence of Jesus as the messiah, but they believe in Santa Claus. What a chance I had to witness on Jesus, that I let slide by me. During my mall Santa sittings, I was instructed the same as the other Santa’s, not to talk about religion, or politics. Just concentrate on toys, lists, and posing for pictures with the kids. However, that does not mean I cannot act as a Christian and show Jesus in everything I do.

    Names of children are very interesting, as they seem to be grouped together by year. At also depends on what performer or sports hero is currently on TV, or the big screen. Brittany, Kayla, Brianna, Jason, Kyle, Brads are among the most common that I have heard. I still like the Christmas names of kids who were born around the holidays and visit me.   One family had a little boy born on Christmas day, so they named him Christopher Nicholas. The following year a little girl was born to the same family the day-after Christmas, so they named her Noel. I think they had a dog, pepper, which has no significance to Christmas. Keeping with the Christmas spirit of giving, my wife gave me a son on Christmas Eve. We named him Jack. I know what you are thinking, but my son was named after me and not Jack Frost. Christmas type names were not the only ones that I came across. One set of parents named their three girls, Spring, Summer, and Winter for the season they were born in. Autumn is still in mommy’s belly, and she is due in October.

    Kids are not the only ones that want their pictures taken with Santa. Every year I have been seeing more and more adults too. I have strong knees, so I can support adults who want a picture with Ole Kris Kringle. Two men, about twenty something who wanted to have their picture taken with Santa. One sat on my left leg and the other took a position on the floor near my right leg. They began to unroll a poster between them. Because I was not sure what it was, I asked to see it first. There have been a few weird people lately, and I needed to be sure this poster was tasteful. I will not do anything or allow anyone near me to destroy the image of Santa in any child's mind.   As a result, I check those uncommon things first. It turned out to be a picture of another young man, about the same age. Feeling sad, I asked, is this a picture of a friend who died.
    “Oh no!”   One of them said. “He lives in Florida now. You see,” said the other man, “every year for the past eleven years; the three of us have our picture taken with Santa. It was our custom to do this every Christmas. We do not want to break a tradition, so we are having a picture taken of us with a poster of our friend Russ.” The photographer on our set took several pictures, and a couple will be mailed to their absent friend. This is definitely not a job, but a true adventure.
    For most of the times, it is just a grownup wanting to have fun and show they are not that old that they cannot sit with Santa.   I find it refreshing, as they want things for Christmas, even if they stopped believing in me, I mean Santa, a long time ago.

 
    You Want What?
     
                Some adults and children will ask Santa for the most unusual and interesting gifts. The age of simple toy requests is almost gone. Those little requests for a doll or truck give way to asking for large amounts of money, and things that are impossible for some parents to get. I am certain the real Santa would find it hard to satisfy some of these