Repost: Taking the magic out of Christmas ... and bringing it back. Part 4.
"If Higbee thinks I'm working one minute past 9:00, he can kiss my foot. Ho ho ho." ~Santa in A Christmas Story Part 4 is dedicated to the Big Man in Red ... Santa Clause!!!! I can remember going to K-Mart when I was a kid to see Santa. We went to the K-Mart that was on Ridge Rd in Lackawanna, now a charter school, but there was a cafe in the back of the store and I can remember seeing Santa there. The only thing I remember really asking for was the big box of crayons, back then it was a measly box of 64, but to me, that was like hitting the lotto!!!! In 2009, my oldest, Caitlin, was standing in line to see Santa at the mall (she's a skeptic) and said she was going to ask Santa for coal, so I dared her to ... tripled dog dared her, in fact!!!! She was a little nervous about doing it but followed through and when he asked her what she wanted, she said "I want a piece of coal" and Santa YELLED at...