Article by Linda J. Alexander









Come on, be serious (the only time I will say that in this article). Santa Claus IS funny. A hugely fat man, a bushy, white-as-snow beard that hangs halfway down his chest, a red and white velvet-like suit that, if Liberace had worn it, would have been perfect in Vegas. As it is… Santa wears it everywhere. Everywhere! How does he keep it clean? Or does he have, say, a few months worth of the exact same suit, enough to change every day for the entire Christmas season? But what if he gets some of Mrs. Claus delicious beef gravy on it a few days before the actual holiday? Is he changing suits more than once a day? Oh no, that would ruin the whole thing. He has to have a suit or two held in reserve for those ‘just in case’