Every year, Santa and Mrs. Claus have made it over to Tom and Sandy Story’s house to visit their grandchildren and hand out gifts. Some of the grandchildren are now in college.
We all look forward to the visit. But this year, Santa and Mrs. Claus had moved their toy headquarters to St. Paul and would’t be able to make it to their former neighbors, at the usual place. What to do? Lucy and Cam were so looking forward to the annual visit and it would be a shame to disappoint.
So we cooked up virtual Santa. An important phone call was made by Santa to Lucy and Cam’s parents' car, taking the family from Wisconsin to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for Christmas. Santa carefully explained over their speaker-phone that he had to change the route this year and he wouldn’t be able to see them, but the gifts would all be there as usual. By the looks of the faces on the photo taken by a parent (above) and then transmitted to “Santa”, everything will be alright and we’ll all have a Merry Christmas. You have one too.
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| Last year's Story Christmas before we moved and Santa couldn't make it at the usual time. That's Lucy and Cam, true believers, in the front. The rest of them, not so much. |
