A truck full of toys …












All laid out on a stage …












Plus a joyful (if somewhat weary-looking) Santa* …












Equals one special afternoon at an after school program for
local at-risk kids:












It’s projects like this and days like this that make the
holidays somewhat frenzied at times - and also makes me feel like I have little initiative
or motivation for training.  However,
these are also the things that make me see that in the grand scheme of things,
training really isn’t that big of a deal.















*By the way, see that hair and beard on Santa?  It’s all real.  And apparently he owns his own suit and makes
several appearances like this every year. 
On this particular afternoon, Santa spent time with more than 90 kids,
spoke with each of them individually while handing out presents, and hung
around afterwards to spread Christmas cheer to kids who sorely need it.  So, yeah, he looks a little tired … but this guy
lives for this sort of thing, and it shows. 
Maybe we should all be tired like that.




"Christmas is Coming", from A Charlie Brown Christmas (click to play):









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