The Best Santa Ever

Elle visited with quite possibly the best Sant aI have ever seen. The guy was the real deal. Real beard. Real Belly. Real twinkle. Real jolly. See?

And this is coming from someone who, as a child, actually pulled the fake beard off of a Santa because, well, I knew it was a fake beard and this guy was trying to pulling one over on us kids. Yah, the parents and kids behind us reeeeaaaalllllyy appreciated my critical-thinking-at-a-young-age skills.

Anyway, we had a blast with Santa.

PS, we strolled through the mall the other night to see the Christmas decorations and "Santa" was there. He was a typical mall Santa...not too jolly, fake belly. You could go up and say hi if you wanted.

As we waited in line to say hello, Elle says "That's a different Santa."

"Oh, you think?" I said nervously.

I just hoped she wouldn't get close enough to give that beard a healthy tug.