Santa Claus won’t leave the White House empty-handed when he drops by this year
because President Barack Obama and his family plan to leave out milk and cookies
and even some reindeer snacks. In an interview with Spanish-language television station Univision Thursday,
Obama said the White House was expecting Santa to come through the Yellow Room
chimney in the middle of the presidential residence/AFP. More here.
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Sisyphus on December 18 at 10:44 a.m.
“How old were you when you found out that Santa Claus isn’t real?”–whaaaaaaaat? What do you mean?
nic on December 18 at 12:05 p.m.
At the age that I realized Santa’s handwriting matched my mom’s.