Santa Moment

The most appropriate item for Christmas Eve I found in the SF Chron on Thursday about a service for parents and grandparents of young children. Apparently there are several, among them Santa Speaking and Santa Calls Kids. The service is offered free by local parks departments in many small cities and prices range from $10 to $39.95 for a package of up to three children. One of the founders said she could use much younger Santas who are versant with all the technologies kids are familiar with today.

One compelling reason parents might want to consider this service is that Santa can say that he knows they will be at grandma's house for the holiday, or as in the case of Katrina, the family will be with someone else in the family, and Santa will know names of family members, pets, etc.

Santa Speaking Clauses often ask the child to hold while they scold Rudolph for coming into the house with wet hooves which has to make the whole thing utterly believable to youngsters. Parents say that skeptical children can really believe when they get a call and Santa can even help break the news that a puppy just will not fit in the sleigh or remind them that they need to clean their rooms.