Santa Claus – Frankfort, Kentucky
Go to Zuhoo.com/id and use Jingle4 for my ID. We will have such a wonderful time together! I can’t wait!
Christmas 2020 was different. It was a time of staying home and staying healthy. Mrs. Claus and I were very concerned for the health and safety of children all around the world, but we were also sad to think we wouldn’t get to visit with everyone. That’s when we decided to invite everyone to our home at the North Pole…virtually!
What wonderful times we had! We were able to sit and chat with children and their families, see all the family pets, and hear so many wonderful Christmas wishes!
Now we look ahead to Christmas 2021. Things are improving; restrictions are lifting in many parts of the world, and it looks like most everything could be back to normal in time for the holidays! Santa and Mrs. Claus are fully vaccinated and looking forward to getting out and about to visit with everyone.
Just the other day, Mrs. Claus and I were talking. We were a little sad that we wouldn’t be having anyone visit us at the North Pole this year. But then I said “Why not? We can come out and visit with the children just like in years past, but why not also continue the virtual visits to our home and my workshop?”
So that is what we will do! This Christmas, you will indeed see Santa around your town – opening the Christmas season, in parades, sitting for pictures, at parties and celebrations. But you will also have the opportunity to visit with Santa virtually at special times throughout the Christmas season!!
In the coming weeks, I will write more about virtual visits and how you can be a part of them! So be on the lookout for upcoming posts!
Christmas 2021 may very well be the best one ever!!
Where was I before I left…oh, yes, telling you about some of the best photographers in the area! Timber and Twine Photography is another one of my very favorites! Samantha Reed is a delightful photographer, and she captured many magical moments during a neighborhood party. She was good with the children – very important in my opinion! – and made everyone feel special. In addition to the more formal photos, Samantha captured some spontaneous moments that are priceless!
If you are looking for a quality photographer in the central Kentucky area, be sure to check out Timber and Twine Photography. Tell her Santa sent you!
Luckily for all of us, Mrs. Claus is doing just fine! Quite honestly, if it wasn’t for Mrs. Claus, Santa’s job would be so much harder! While Santa is busy at the North Pole, making sure all the toys will be ready for the big night, Mrs. Claus makes sure everything else is running in tip-top shape! Sometimes, Mrs. Claus attends parties, dances, and other fun activities with Santa, and sometimes, if Santa can’t make it to an event, Mrs. Claus will attend to gather the childrens’ good wishes and letters to Santa! After all, she is the love of Santa’s life! (Cookies coming in a close 2nd!)
Can you believe it?? Less than 6 months until the BIG NIGHT! Santa’s calendar is already filling up with parties and events. Keep watching this website, because soon Santa will be posting the dates and times you can Come See Santa!
Why is that, you might ask?
Well, in the original poem, the names of two of the reindeer were DUNDER and BLIXEM, which are the Dutch words for Thunder and Lightning. However, Clement Moore was German, and when he reprinted the poem in 1844, he changed those names to DONNER and BLITZEN, which are the German words for Thunder and Lightning.
So there you have it!
Now Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet! On Cupid! On Donner and Blitzen!
And of course, Rudolph, but his is a story for another time! Ho, ho ho!!!
As I sit here writing this, “Winter” has officially left us. But Mother Nature sometimes has other ideas. It’s funny how many mornings in March I’ve awakened to a blanket of snow outside my bedroom window!
Makes me think of one of my favorite songs: “Jingle Bells”. Did you know that when Jingle Bells was written, way back in the 1850s, it was a song for Thanksgiving? A man by the name of James Lord Pierpont wrote the song, and he titled it “One Horse Open Sleigh”. I find it so interesting how things change over the years, don’t you?
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
