Pictures with Santa

There's nothing quite like the annual visit to sit on Santa's lap and let him know what you'd like for Christmas.  Photos are taken, and you have a lovely record of your chat with Old St. Nick.

It's a great idea - in theory.  In reality, well - that's another story.

That boy is remarkably calm, all things considered.

This poor lad, on the other hand, knows that something is HORRIBLY WRONG.

Sometimes, the children are not amused.

But then they grow up, and the tears fade.

At last, nobody is afraid of Santa.

Santa, on the other hand, is considering a new line of work.

Slacking!

All right, I've been slacking off the last few days.  We've had some beautiful morning skies, which I normally don't have a chance to take photos of.  I made it home from the dog walk the other day in time to grab some photos.

Oooooooh!





Then it snowed.  The first time in almost two years!





Fortunately it was my day off, so I didn't have to worry at all about going in to work.  The roads weren't too bad, mostly it was slush.  I was glad it snowed, and glad it went away fairly quickly.

We drove past one of my favorite decorations here in town - Santa held captive!  He's been strapped to this chimney every year since at least 2007 (when I took this first photo of him).





I'd hate to see what they do to him the rest of the year...

Black Santa

I have complete and utter proof that Megyn Kelly is WRONG!  She has obviously never been to Voodoo Donuts in Portland!





She can take her little narrow world view and climb back under a rock.  Everyone else with a narrow world view can head under there too.

Can't be havin' no black people in positions of power, now, can we?  Nope.  It's only those good white folks that can lay claim to pop culture icons.

Sorry honeypie, you're wrong.  W.R.O.N.G.

Santa can be anything, or anybody you want.

Santa is mythical, you know?  Stick a Santa hat on something and you're good to go!

Really!  Who cares what color he is, or anything else?

Santa baby

Ho ho ho, here comes Santa...

Followed by a night of nightmares.

Ring-a-ding.