Santa Claus is a very special character around our house. My wife has a collection of Santas that have appeared past marathons and will appear again in future posts. The one pictured above is over 65 years old. He was part of a Coca Cola promotion when I was young and a friend of my parents worked for Coke, so she acquired one for us.

As you can see, Santa has a coke in hand, long before diet coke, cherry coke, coke zero sugar and caffeine free coke. This guy drank the real thing!

These next two ornaments are probably 75 years old. They were a part of the decorations of my very first tree. My mother bought a small tree and some plastic ornaments for me to use. I am sure the purpose was to keep me occupied and away from the big tree in the living room.

For me and my family Christmas is about faith, family, and making memories together. Stick around and you will see a few of those memories this year. In the mean time just remember, he’s making a list and checking it twice.