Being a Mall Santa is a thankless job. The costume is hot, the beard is itchy, and you always run the risk of a child peeing on your leg. Not to mention, they don't really dry-clean the suit in between Santa's so you end up sitting in someone else's sweat all day. With that being said, it felt good to see the smiles on the faces of those that came to sit on his lap and get a picture taken with the jolly old elf. Santa's N...

Santa was a bit behind this year. His ability to control time allowed him to circumnavigate the globe all in a single evening, bringing joy to all who believed and celebrated this wonderful joyous holiday. The sleigh touched down on a roof in Cincinnati. He emptied his sack of presents which meant that all the presents for this home had been delivered. The stockings were full and the house was asleep. As he looked for the...

Gary had been traveling almost all day. With the delays at the airport and the traffic getting there, he was on edge. The location and reason for the trip didn't help either. It had been years in the planning stages. The person he was visiting was someone he had known for years and yet, had never met. ___________________________________________ They started out talking on one of those meet-up sites. Not that he had ever t...