Backyard Santa

Santa was in town and dropped by in Frederick Street. There were many shrieks and gasps when he walked down the laneway to our backyard just when we were having a big Christmas garden party with neighbours and friends. Zoe, like most of her friends, was actually a bit scared of the big man with the long white beard and it was only when she noticed a striking resemblence to her Papa in his bearing and his voice that she relaxed a bit. And it definitely helped that Santa had brought lots of presents with him - even though most kids were still a bit apprehensive when they went up to collect their present. But they all promised to be double as good next year so they could get twice as many presents... Merry Christmas!