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"Santa's Making House Calls?"

One might hear a child ask "How does Santa deliver toys to everyone in the whole world?"     Answer is, he actually doesn't.     Since the legend of Santa Claus hails from the annals of Christian folklore, its reasonable to assume that he delivers his wares only to Christian households.     According to the Religion and Public Life Project at the Pew Research Center (2010), there are 2.18 billion Christians worldwide, which is about 31.6 percent of the world population ~ the United States

Dad? ... Do You BElieve In SanTa?

I believe... every parent has had "that discussion" with their kids. No I'm not talking about THAT discussion. Consider a little younger audience. I'm talking about jolly old Saint Nick. In our household, it annually became an on-going topic leading up to the festive day. One morning while taking my son to school, he asks, "Do you believe in Santa Claus?"     "Yes", I said, hoping the conversation would go no further than that.     "Well, my friend doesn't."     "That's O.K.," I try to explain,

Missing Mom & Dad's Greeting Cards

I wish I still had some of my parent’s old Christmas cards. The designs were wonderful.     You see, my mom and dad met in art school in the late 50s. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I almost went there myself. Dad was there on the GI Bill after graduating from Welch (WV) High School and having completed the Famous Artists correspondence course. Mom was a peppy former cheerleader and recent graduate of East McKeesport High.     At AIP, students learned hand lettering (no computers, of