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Choose people you don't know - choose complete strangers! Open your hearts, and even if it's only a five or ten dollar gift you send - you might make the absolute difference between a beautiful Christmas for wonderful children, and that of a Christmas where kids have nothing to open. and they lose faith in the magic of the season.

That's all. That's my two cents. I believe in what we're doing, and though I know there are doubters out there, I have absolute faith that what we're doing makes a difference. Even if it's only for one young boy or girl who's sleeping with one eye open, eagerly anticipating Santa's arrival!

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What we try to do, really, is to bring joy to everyone we can, and especially to families with kids who might not otherwise have a Christmas. Their stories truly touch me (and, I suspect, my fellow elves  Lori Friedrich Kyla Myers LaDonna Pride Carmelyne Thompson Rae Ouzts Susan Tournour and Santa +Carter Gibson).

I myself was laid-off early in December, yet I squirreled-away some money earlier in the year just for this special occasion. I have Angels who have provided wonderful things for me already (so please, don't send me gifts!!) - but more than anything, I truly want (and hope!) that you will scroll through the list and choose some deserving, and sometimes hurting, people and families to send gifts to. 

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The first year of +Secret Santa I watched from the sidelines and mailed out as many gifts as I could afford. I randomly chose mostly people I didn't know, and I had a blast doing that! Last year was a bit harder, but I did the same thing. The people I did know mostly received my vintage cards as gifts. The difference last year was that I was now an Official Elf. It was (and is) a serious task for me and my fellow elves.

For all doubters and Grinches out there - we take what we do very seriously, and we do everything we can to make sure we can help as many people as possible! We are not doing this for recognition or accolades. Many times we anonymously send gifts (as do many people). Our reasons are varied, but knowing my fellow elves as I do, I know that each one of us does this straight from the heart!

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I've been reading through hundreds of Secret Santa wishlists this week, and I realize that I really am the emotional one of the house, when it comes to the Christmas season. I suppose I always have been. I was the boy you see here - awed and amazed when I was young. I was that boy who never could sleep on Christmas Eve (though I knew I had to or Santa wouldn't be stopping by). :-) (I really did see Santa in person when I was in the second grade (but that's another story for another time! :-))

As I read so many stories attached to wishlists, it occurs to me that there are so many incredible people with their kids this year that could use our help - all over the world!. Even a ten dollar gift would help keep the magic alive for these families!

Merry Christmas!! - See you soon.

Are you ready for my visit tomorrow night?

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

It's nap time for me at the beach!

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Here's a short story I wrote about a great-grandma and the doll she wants for Christmas...

I still want a doll… Santa Claus

This is the story of a Christmas wish…

Most of us have gotten our Christmas wishes or something very close to it. But times were different at the turn of the 1900s. When you hear people say that they were poor as a kid, they were truly poor. There are people even today who are poor, but today there are programs and groups to help people. Back then there was no such help.

In the poorest of poor towns, local Santas would visit every year. Coal from him would have been a welcome gift, warmth in the cold weather. Times were tough and the people even tougher. People would get presents from the local Santa helpers…oranges, maybe some candy. If you were lucky, new socks. But for one little girl, she never got that special gift she longed for…a doll. There was never enough money for such a gift. That little girl grew up and had a family of her own. She married a hard working man and they had children that got Christmas presents, food, and warmth. She worked hard all her life taking care of everyone else… She sat there one Christmas watching her great grandchildren get their gifts and noticed that one of the girls got a beautiful curly haired, fancy dressed porcelain doll. She smiled and then whispered to herself “I would still love a doll.”



Ho Ho Ho - Merry Christmas!
I'm so excited - just out getting the reindeer in shape - boy, it sure is starting to feel like Christmas.


Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Do you have your Christmas tree up - and stockings hung yet?

The Man Behind the Story of Father Christmas/Santa Claus. St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century in a place called Myra in Asia Minor (now called Turkey). He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him a lot of money.

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You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town...




happy  christmas


Looking for him since last year...he is supposed to bring me something...


I wish you a beautiful 3. advent!
Wishing you a wonderful 3rd Advent!

I see strange things...I see a red bear in a tree :-)
My second contribution to #mojitoartfriday  assignment "I see strange things".

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