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[quote=Anonymous]I was astonished one night many years ago, I was outside shoveling snow and DS was playing in the yard and said "I see Santa". I said "mmhm" thinking he met someone's yard decoration--and then saw Santa coming up the sidewalk carrying a bag of oranges. Dashed inside for my camera (pre cell phone). After a short visit and being given oranges Santa continued on his way.

A few years later I found out it was a neighbor we just never saw otherwise, he did it every year but that was the only year we happened to see him. But honest to God it was a Santa experience. The Santa we took DS to see as a child never wore a red suit--because it was not xmas yet. He wore lumberjack pants and a long sleeved underwear type shirt and suspenders and had a real beard and Mrs. Claus wore a long calico type dress and they sat in rocking chairs near a wood stove. Also you couldn't see him during the day because he was busy, and he was NOT at a store.

I don't remember Santa himself being that huge a deal when I was a kid. Much more emphasis on Advent and the nativity even though yes, we got presents "from Santa". The "magic" on xmas eve was more a sense that Jesus was being born and put in the manger RIGHT NOW. [/quote]

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