'Ol Santa is Back!
Mood: Excited - Christmas is only a few days away!
Listening to: The Elves watching Casper's Haunted Christmas the movie as they work.
Hello Everyone,
My, have I missed you. I didn't get to blog at all this weekend nor Monday. Saturday 'Ol Santa did the last of his trademark shopping, and then he went to the malls for the kids to sit on his lap, and then he even visited several pet shops - Ho-Ho-Ho! The kids and the pets - now that was a lot of fun! The weather sure was warm for you all. 'Ol Santa was glad to return to the North Pole. He felt like he was Frosty the Snowman melting in his Santa suit.
Then that night the Mrs. and I attended the Elf Ball. You should have seen Mrs. Claus. She was absolutely beautiful. She wore a little holly and some mistletoe in her hair. Ho-Ho-Ho ... 'Ol Santa was rather fond of the mistletoe. 
She and I got down with "Jingle Bell Rock" and enjoyed a beautiful slow dance to "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas." The Elves had the castle beautifully decorated. We were even surprised by several, and when I say several I mean about 100 or so Faeries. 
The Faeries can't turn down a good party. They were especially fond of the ice sculptures the Elves had carved. They had done one of me, Mrs. Claus, each of the reindeer, some of the Elves, and some Faeries. We had a splendid time. 
While 'Ol Santa was gone on Saturday, his order of productions came in. So, I helped the Elves get started on that on Sunday. I worked with them from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm. I then ate a quick lunch and then joined the Elves in the Wrapping Department at 12:15. They were way behind schedule. I stayed with them until 8:00 pm. We stopped wrapping at 7:30 and then cleaned up all the mess and finished that at 8:00. Then I worked on my list until 11:00 pm. Swew! 'Ol Santa was tired, but not as tired as he expected to be.
Monday, 'Ol Santa went to visit the elderly. It's good to cheer up the "older" children as well, bless their sweet hearts. I was gone all day for that, had to leave early, so I could get back and help with more toy production and really hit the list hard, as I missed doing the list on Saturday.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 'Ol Santa finally had time to blog with you, but the blog site was down. 
It was just 'Ol Santa's luck. He's very thankful it's back up today!
The puppies and kittens came in on Tuesday. What a load of fun. All those puppy kisses and those little kittens playing with 'Ol Santa's beard. We've had no more guinea pig fights, the other males are getting along just fine, and we've had no problems with any of the females. I helped clean cages on Tuesday, and we're due to clean more today. I'll be helping with that. The hamsters, mice, gerbils, and ferrets came in yesterday, and so did the parakeets, cockatiels and parrots. We have a regular zoo here now. 'Ol Santa is in animal heaven.
We received partials of our other order we had ordered. We received 30 of the gifts we had ordered, and we received notification of 10 they shipped yesterday, that will arrive by the SDPS man on Friday the 22nd. The other last 10 will be shipped as soon as they are available. I pray that is today, so we can receive them by the 23rd. These are trademarked gifts, that we can't make. 'Ol Santa doesn't want to be 10 gifts shy.
The reindeer will do the last of their flight practices today, as they are calling for more snow, starting this evening until Saturday evening. 'Ol Santa feels they are more than ready, so let it snow! That reminds me of a song - Ho-Ho-Ho!
Okay, 'Ol Santa's got to help the Elves with toy productions, then work with the reindeer and their flight practices then help clean some guinea pig cages and care for our new small zoo!
Have a GREAT day, Everyone!
Happiest of Holidays,
Santa Claus 
