Santa Claus returns!

I flew to Chicago yesterday and picked up a "new" Santa Claus with four puppies that I had won on ebay last night. This morning Joe called me and said Santa Claus had returned! Honestly, I couldn't believe what he was telling me. I had this fantasy that maybe Santa would come back but mostly I thought it was a little unrealistic for that to happen. He appears to have had some fake snow sprayed on him but he's Santa with the four puppies and back at my house. Joe thinks maybe some kids stole him and a mom made them return him. Whoever she is, I like her!

Santa Claus get stolen

In a previous blog, included photos of our Christmas decorations. One of them was a large Santa Claus with four puppies climbing all over him. I bought him several years ago at the Meijer store in Naperville. He was the last one left and I wanted him because he had the four puppies and I had four dogs. I shipped him to Albuquerque and have displayed him outside for the last few years. This morning I went outside to go run with Chaco and Santa Claus was gone. He was stolen during the night- nothing else is missing (my small Santa Claus and my lit up reindeer are still there). I realize he is a piece of molded plastic that cost me less than $20 but he was significant to me because of the four puppies. Yesterday also was my birthday. And it felt like insult was added to injury since Daisy died 1 1/2 weeks ago. When I have had copies of my book on sibling suicide taken off tables at events, I often chalked it up to the person really needing that book, however, I'm having a hard time understanding how someone could have needed that Santa more than me right now.