Sunday December 16th, was Ed Caley's turn at on the Santa Chair.
Santa Ed was ready to go and with a couple of final touches, his first customers were his kids who came to take a picture with Santa. What a way to start the day.
Sunday turned out to be a nice day and as the sun shone, it started to melt the ice. We had a water problem for a while as the melted snow decided to start coming into the work area. We were able to set up the tent with the open area to the parking lot which helped a lot with seeing who was coming. We had 76 kids counting the Caley's, which was our biggest day so far. We were happy to see some of the kids coming in. Some mentioned that they were looking for us the day it was closed, last Sunday and figured they better come while the weather held out. Busy to the end, the workers were lining them up to see Santa. So Ed's first day on the seat was a busy one for him. People said it is easier to come to our house than at the mall right now, plus they like our little house.
We got a visit from Ann Ronchetto's granddaughter Maddy who has been coming since she was born. Each year we get a nice picture of her and she has even made the papers when we have included an article. I am happy to say we have included her in the blog along with some others. We had one child who came last Saturday with her Grandfather and this Sunday her Grandmother brought her in for another picture. Received many cans for the Assistance Council and thank you Dr. Chris Small with delivering to Mary Strack for us.
So enjoy the pictures and hope everyone is enjoying the blog.
Next week schedule has changed slightly.
Jim Brown will be Santa on Saturday
John Davis will be Santa on Sunday.
John figured he better get back on the chair as some people were asking why he wasn't doing it. So he will take Sunday which will more likely be the biggest day. Hope the weather holds out one more weekend.
Thanks to all of the helpers with setting up and breaking down on the weekends. It helps a lot.
The morning working crew. Ann, Chris, Christy and Bob take a picture with Santa Ed.
John giving Santa Ed the final blessing before he starts his ventures with the kids.
Here is Maddy, An Ronchetto's granddaughter who comes every year to see Santa. Thank you Maddy for such a pretty picture.
Here Carol was working a dam to divert the water into another area. Thank you Carol it worked and as the sun went down, it started to refreeze.
Above is our work area, this week we were able to open to the front but we had a losing battle with the snow melting and eventually soaked the inside of our work area.
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