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you been good this year?”

He nodded. “I’ve been the best ever.”

I laughed my Santa laugh. “Oh, really?
What about that time you didn’t shut the gate on

the horse corral and the whole community was

out trying to round up the horses?”
His eyes grew wide with surprise. “You

know about that?”

“Of course. Santa knows everything.”
“Well,” he said, “I’ve been mostly good

most of the time.”
I chuckled. “Don’t worry about it. Even

Santa isn’t perfect. Did you know I

accidentally let the reindeer out once? If you
think chasing down horses is hard, you ought to

see what it’s like trying to corral flying

reindeer.”
He smiled and told me what he wanted for

Christmas. I gave him a little hug and a bag of
candy, and he climbed off of my lap and

scampered off to his mother to tell her I was the

real Santa.
I personalized each child’s experience, and

each one was surprised to find out how much I

knew about them. A few of the older children

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