About a week left until Christmas day. Which means that I might need to start shopping.

I did exhibit a bit of holiday spirit this weekend. I put on the red suit for a group of children from our church. It’s a fun tradition for the children: doughnuts and juice, then a visit with Santa.

Just two kids were less than thrilled.

But the funniest one was the 6 year old girl that gave me a printed list, while her parents watched. Included with a short list of toys was the item “a baby sister”.

“Santa” wasn’t sure how he could help with that. And her mother tried to catch my eye to make sure that Santa didn’t make any promises he couldn’t keep.

I provided, like all good Santas, a non-committal response of “Those are fun gifts! Thanks for letting me know.”