Yes, Santa, I have been good!
One of my alltime favorite Santa pictures!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Christmas Eve, 2012
Well,
it's Christmas Eve and I'm making probably my last entry until next November
sometime. There have been several recent
gigs for Santa and I will try to cover them all in this entry.
A big excursion for Santa was last
Tuesday when he took Ms. Santa and went to work with the school on Ocracoke
Island. A friend, Courtney Connor, who also does Linus in the Macy's Thanksgiving
Day parade, was directing a Christmas program that involved every student in
the school from preschool to high school.
She used to teach at the school and even though she is based in New York
City now she came down to direct, choreograph, & produce their program and
she asked Santa to help. Well Route 12
requires 4 wheel drive so, Santa & Mrs. Claus drove over to Swan Quarter to
take the 2-1/2 hour ferry ride to Ocracoke Island. Now there are only 2 ferries a day each way
so careful advance planning was required.
The weather was gorgeous and we made the
ferry without any problems, even the return trip at 7am the next morning. The kids were marvelous and it was a very entertaining
show. My favorite number was one featuring
middle school boys and fish that would have made Judy Kennedy proud! There were several other numbers, a tap
dance, a ninja number, and many others that were very inventive!
The little ones were especially cute, as
always. Several wanted to tug on Santa's
beard and Santa was able to remember his lines, mostly. I even threw in a couple of adlibs, once I
got a feel for the audience. I'll post a couple of the picturesof the program! After the show
I sat for a while on stage for pictures with the littlest ones on my lap. It was an early night for Santa because the
ferry left at 7 am the next morning and you needed to be there 30 minutes ahead
of time.
Santa has had a couple of other theatre
related appearances in the last week or so.
He has appeared at the Outer Banks Jubilee and has been coerced into
coming up on stage the last two shows.
Thank goodness they didn't ask Santa to sing and he was able to demonstrate
his own form of upper body dancing.
Simply plant the big boots and don't move them, but everything above
them shakes like a bowl full of jelly! It was a lot of fun and I went to the lobby
after the show to greet any little ones there in attendance. There was a set of twins, older teenagers who
got their picture taken with Santa.
After the picture was taken they said "we want to take another one,
only we all have to make "duck" faces."
I wasn't quite sure what we were to do but you may see a few pictures of
Santa making a strange face or two, because that's what we did for everybody
else too. Duck Faces! Did get a nice compliment from the Producer
and Star of the show. She said, "
You are a Santa who is a step above the others!" That was pretty nice to hear, because I do
love doing it!
There were two other gigs for Santa,
Saturday afternoon at Stripers, where I met a young man, about 4, who spent a
lot of time protecting Santa from aliens!
I didn't have to worry about them for quite a while and I finished up
today with a visit to Colony Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center to give out gifts
to a group of the sweetest folks, including another 100 y7ear old lady. It was so nice to see the smiles from that
group of our more experienced folks. I
did stop by the hospital on the way home to see if there was anyone who needed
a visit from Santa, but they told me that there weren't any young ones in the
hospital tonight, which was a good thing, Santa thinks! So I left some candy Canes for those who have
to work on Christmas Eve!
Well that wraps up Christmas 2012 for this
jolly ol' Elf! Thanks for reading my ramblings;
I'll see y'all next November! And now:
MERRY CHRISTMAS to
ALL and to ALL,
A GOOD NIGHT!
Friday, December 21, 2012
December 21, 2012
Still trying to catch up on Santa's doings. I actually have had quite a few, considering the move here just this August. I do miss all the folks in Alabama that were regulars for thisSanta. But I have made a lot of new friends here also! Last weekend I had two wonderful visits at two separate churches. At both churches almost all the children were willing to come sit on my lap, tell me what ...they wanted for Christmas and give me a hug! You haven't lived until one of those little bundles of love gives you a tight hug! It's enough to help one get through almost anything!
There weren't any unusual requests from either group. Lots of doll babies, and monster trucks. There seem to be quite a few Easy Bake Oven requests this year and the Ninja Turtles are making a comeback this year. Did get a couple of written requests and something for the Reindeer. I will try to post these on Santa's blog!
Santa has to share a marvelous experience he had doing a gig with "Toys 4 Tots" at the Dare County Center. This is the type of experience that makes my Christmas season.
There was this little 7 year old blonde that came and sat on my lap and told me she wanted a bike for Christmas, a pink one please! Mom was standing behind her and as she shook her head sadly, I could see it wasn't in their budget. Well, I have a weakness for the little ones so just I hugged her and told her we would have to see. (Santa doesn't promise something that isn't going to happen)
The line continued to come through, about 60 or so with the usual requests. One exception was a 10 year old girl who said she wanted to give her presents to those that weren't going to get any! Yes, there are those who think of others during this season! Each of the kids was given a bag with several nice gifts that had been donated by businesses and individuals in the area.
Later they had a drawing for about a dozen donated bikes and when they brought out this one with pink wheels and a pink seat and a pink helmet, God must have been watching over things, because they called the name of this same little blonde that wanted a pink bike! Its times of serendipity like that that really gladden this ol' Santa's heart! Her eyes got so big, it was wonderful. I'm afraid I don't have the words to convey the wonder of the sight! After she had taken her bike out to the car, she made a special trip back to thank and hug Santa for her bike. I tell you, I have the best job in the world and thank you to "Toys 4 Tots" for making this little girl's dream come true...and that of a lot of other kids!
There weren't any unusual requests from either group. Lots of doll babies, and monster trucks. There seem to be quite a few Easy Bake Oven requests this year and the Ninja Turtles are making a comeback this year. Did get a couple of written requests and something for the Reindeer. I will try to post these on Santa's blog!
Santa has to share a marvelous experience he had doing a gig with "Toys 4 Tots" at the Dare County Center. This is the type of experience that makes my Christmas season.
There was this little 7 year old blonde that came and sat on my lap and told me she wanted a bike for Christmas, a pink one please! Mom was standing behind her and as she shook her head sadly, I could see it wasn't in their budget. Well, I have a weakness for the little ones so just I hugged her and told her we would have to see. (Santa doesn't promise something that isn't going to happen)
The line continued to come through, about 60 or so with the usual requests. One exception was a 10 year old girl who said she wanted to give her presents to those that weren't going to get any! Yes, there are those who think of others during this season! Each of the kids was given a bag with several nice gifts that had been donated by businesses and individuals in the area.
Later they had a drawing for about a dozen donated bikes and when they brought out this one with pink wheels and a pink seat and a pink helmet, God must have been watching over things, because they called the name of this same little blonde that wanted a pink bike! Its times of serendipity like that that really gladden this ol' Santa's heart! Her eyes got so big, it was wonderful. I'm afraid I don't have the words to convey the wonder of the sight! After she had taken her bike out to the car, she made a special trip back to thank and hug Santa for her bike. I tell you, I have the best job in the world and thank you to "Toys 4 Tots" for making this little girl's dream come true...and that of a lot of other kids!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
December 13, 2012
Well, I have fallen a bit behind on the blog so I need to catch up a bit!:
Last Thursday morning was really special. The Make-A-Wish Foundation was granting the wish of a little kindergarten girl at Nags Head Elementary. So Santa got to join in the fun too. There must have been about18 to 20 little ones and they were the best behaved kindergarten children Santa has seen in a long time. T...he little girl had her big sister and a couple of other friends there too. Each child had a special gift bag done up by the folks at Spring Arbor.(More about them in a little bit!) And they sat and patiently waited until they got their own bag before they opened it. They have a wonderful teacher who is definitely on Santa's nice list!
The little girl's wish was to go to Disney World and it was so special to be able to share this time with her. She was a real little princess! My favorite comment of the morning was the little boy who said I can tell you are the real Santa because I can see your mouth! Referring of course to all those fake beards which just have a hole to speak through! Anyway, it was a magical morning and difficult to leave all the love in that room! On the way we stopped at the school office so the ladies there could tell Santa their Christmas wishes!
Then it was on to Spring Arbor Assisted Living Center to thank the folks there for making up the bags for the Kindergarteners. Santa decided they needed a personal thank you from him for their good deed! Met a real nice group of folks there, one lady said I even smelled like Christmas. I'm not sure what Santa smells like but it was a nice thought! I also met one lady who had just turned 100. She was in the beauty parlor and she wouldn't talk to Santa until she got her hearing aids in! She was a lively one! They were all a very nice group including the staff and Director Miss Dianne! And that's the latest from the North Pole!
Last Thursday morning was really special. The Make-A-Wish Foundation was granting the wish of a little kindergarten girl at Nags Head Elementary. So Santa got to join in the fun too. There must have been about18 to 20 little ones and they were the best behaved kindergarten children Santa has seen in a long time. T...he little girl had her big sister and a couple of other friends there too. Each child had a special gift bag done up by the folks at Spring Arbor.(More about them in a little bit!) And they sat and patiently waited until they got their own bag before they opened it. They have a wonderful teacher who is definitely on Santa's nice list!
The little girl's wish was to go to Disney World and it was so special to be able to share this time with her. She was a real little princess! My favorite comment of the morning was the little boy who said I can tell you are the real Santa because I can see your mouth! Referring of course to all those fake beards which just have a hole to speak through! Anyway, it was a magical morning and difficult to leave all the love in that room! On the way we stopped at the school office so the ladies there could tell Santa their Christmas wishes!
Then it was on to Spring Arbor Assisted Living Center to thank the folks there for making up the bags for the Kindergarteners. Santa decided they needed a personal thank you from him for their good deed! Met a real nice group of folks there, one lady said I even smelled like Christmas. I'm not sure what Santa smells like but it was a nice thought! I also met one lady who had just turned 100. She was in the beauty parlor and she wouldn't talk to Santa until she got her hearing aids in! She was a lively one! They were all a very nice group including the staff and Director Miss Dianne! And that's the latest from the North Pole!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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