Thirteen Things aboutDear Santa Claus 13 traditions to start this Christmas 1.Own a pair of red flannel pajamas that you wear only on CHRISTMAS. 2.During the holiday season TIP someone who doesn’t expect it! 3.Stop in at a nursing home with a stack of CHRISTMAS cards, signed by Santa and pass them out. 4.Save a length of your CHRISTMAS tree trunk to burn next year. 5. Buy a new tablecloth and use it only for CHRISTMAS. 6. Buy a new holiday movie and watch it with friends and family every CHRISTMAS EVE. 7.Tour a historic home in your area that has been decorated for the holidays. 8.Start a CHRISTMAS collection. A snowglobe, a SANTA, an angel or a nutcracker and buy a new one every year. 9.Buy a couple extra pair of gloves and give them to people you see on the street without any gloves. 10.Create a family gag gift that is regifted every year. 11. Send someone who has wronged you a CHRISTMAS card signed SANTA 12. Send a card to a recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Ave. NW Washington D.C. 20307-5001 13. Wait until Christmas morning to put Jesus in your nativity. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1.Mar 2.Raggedy 3.Maria 4.SecretAgentMama 5.Yen 6.EmmyRose 7.Amy Palko 8.Rae 9.SJReidhead 10.Marcia V 11.Works for Mom 12.Lori 13. Lori14.Thephantomsgirlfriend 15.Nicholas 16.Greatfullivin 17.Jill18.Comedy Plus 19.Nap Warden 20.Ellen 21.Patti  22.Grace 23.Parentingdiaries

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Only 47 days til CHRISTMAS!!! Oh my I have lots of work to do. It is cold here…brrrrrr. Some of the elves think it is colder than it has ever been. I don’t know about that. We have had some awful storms before Christmas in years past. Why I remember one storm…It was back in 1951, we had snow I mean SNOW. The reindeer and I were flying over the United States dropping presents down the chimneys when we ran into one of the biggest snowstorms I have ever seen on Christmas. Some places recorded 17 to 20 inches of snow. That doesn’t sound too bad , unless you are up in the dark sky in the middle of it! BLIZZARD!! yikes! Of course everything worked out, as it always does ,but it was a little scary when we could hardly see. That was one night I shall never forget. Thank Heaven Rudolph was along or many of the boys and girls may not have gotten their presents! Rudolph with your nose so bright you did guide our sleigh that night! HO Ho HO! It was almost daylight when we finished. I thought for sure someone would see us but I never heard. Maybe you heard about someone who saw us. Tell me about it, won’t you? Do you want snow for Christmas?

Isn’t he cute? He really wants to be one of my special reindeer, the ones who pull my sleigh. But, he is into everything

as you can see. I am afraid for my pack of toys! LOL! Imagine if he got into all the toys and goodies! It seems when he is not into the decorations

or eating all the carrots, you can find him fast asleep under one of our many CHRISTMAS trees.

Does anyone know all

the names of the reindeer who pull Santa’s sleigh? Can you name them all and help me name this little guy?

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1.If You reuse last year’s Christmas cards and send them out under your own name

(5 points).

2.If You have stolen a light bulb from you neighbor’s outdoor display to replenish your own supply

(5 points, 10 if neighbor’s whole light sets or lighted Santa goes out).

3. If You have dressed a dog or cat as Santa Claus, elf helper, or reindeer

(10 points for each; if you dressed an endangered species, 5 extra points).

4.If You put out last year’s stale candy canes for children

(1 point for each piece of sticky candy).

5. You enclose an inferior gift from Target, Walmart, or K Mart in a Bloomingdale’s Macy’s or other prestige box to impress your friends

(10 points for each infraction).

6. If You make collect long distance phone calls to your family on Christmas day , claiming you are stuck in a phone booth.

(5 points, 10 if from a cell phone)

7.If At the office Christmas party, you horde huge stockpiles of goodies for later consumption at home.

(5 points; 15 points if you use this stuff for your own party).

8.If You steal the wreath from a parked car to use on your own car or dog house.
( 5 points )
9. If After an invitation to a friend’s house, you bring a commercially produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made

(5 points; 15 points if the fruitcake is from last year).

10. If you have bought sugar cookies brought them home and put canned icing on them then passed them off as homemade.

(20 points).

11. If you have went out at night and cut someone else’s tree down and brought it home to decorate.

(20 points)

12. If you have refused to let the children watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” because you’ve seen it before.

(5 points)

13. If you have refused to light a fire in the fireplace because it’s too warm.

(5 points)

14. If you have put coal in someones stocking

(10 points)

15. If you have complained about your Christmas dinner.

(25 points)

Evaluate your score on the “Grinch Scale” from 0 to 100.

0-20: There is still time to change your ways.
21-50: You are just a cheeseball.

51-75: You are an apprentice in Yuletide larceny and are probably wanted by the police for overdue parking tickets.

76-100: Grinch, move over.