SANTA!

Well, it's December, and after more warm-for-fall days than we have any right to expect up here in the Great White North, we have a coating of snow on the ground and temperatures befitting December. We also have holiday lights up about the neighborhood. We like to point out all the holiday lights we pass in the neighborhood on the way to Raleigh House. On Monday night, shortly before we reached home, Joe drew in a huge breath and burst out with, "SANTA!" (Our neighbor on the corner has one of those inflatable, nylon Santa's that's lit form the inside.) We explained that the Santa lived at the North Pole, but that he looked just like this decorative Santa, and Our Christmas-Loving Hero seemed to take that in stride.