Page 24 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2015

Season of Miracles

l
My daughter called and asked if I would
play Santa at her school arts program, so my

wife, Donna, suggested that I just buy a Santa

suit so that I could take on that role any time I
wanted. After we purchased one, Donna asked

me if she could post to her friends on facebook
that I would be willing to do it for others, and I

told her she could.

Soon the requests poured in. Some were
for family gatherings, and some were for big

groups, including elementary schools and

church socials. The first person asked how
much I charged, and when Donna asked me that

question, I told her that charging would ruin the
joy of it. I couldn’t do a lot of them due to my

time constraints, but what I could do, I would

do for free.
Of all of the requests that came, one

interested me more than the others. A young

lady named Tina wrote and requested that I
come to the school for disabled adults where

she worked. She said, “The people here love

Santa, but we haven’t been able to get anyone

21