Our small town celebrated Christmas with free donuts, hot chocolate, letters to Santa, and a wagon ride. They decided it would be safer for everyone health-wise to take a jingling, two-horse, open-wagon ride than climb on Santa's lap this year. They had a letter-writing station, where each kid could tell Santa about this year's good or bad behavior and Christmas wishes, and then the letter became the ride's ticket. Miss V and Mr C obviously loved it! Santa told jokes and sang songs with us. My favorite part was waving to neighbors in their yards, and shouting out, "Merry Christmas!" because one can say such a phrase when one is riding with Santa. Mrs Claus then passed out goody bags with popcorn and candy to everyone in the wagon. Afterward the kids played on the playground, so we some some of the last to leave. The mayor sent a few extra donuts and goody bags home with us, which we enjoyed and shared with some new neighbors. You can tell I enjoyed it, because I had donut frosting on my face the rest of the day. Even though it didn't feel much like December with the sun shining and comfort in a t-shirt, we appreciated the pleasant weather for our little celebration. (The snow came few days later.) Merry Christmas!
