Adventures of a Mall Santa

I never had a Christmas like this!!! Bursting into the photo lab David, the mall manager, said to me, "QUICK, put down what you're doing; our mall Santa canceled, and we need a Santa NOW!!" On our way out the door he said, "I need you to be Santa for this week through Christmas Eve," and then almost as a second thought, he asked, "Have you ever been a Santa before?" I said, "No, and why ME??" "You're big, you don't need pillows, you laugh a lot, and your eyes even kind of twinkle a bit," he said. I was dumbstruck--thinking about myself as Santa!? The whole idea was so crazy and sudden that I burst out laughing with a "HO! HO! HO!!" to fit the moment -"SEE," he said, "That's what I mean; you'll make a GREAT Santa!!" Join Santa in his adventures spanning the likes of toddlers to teens to Great Grandma Carol and a few more special folks in between! An uplifting quick read for the Season-ending with the traditional "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"