Two Santa Suits

My husband Ray loved to be Santa. When we were first married the war was just ending and they were still trying to help people. We still had stamps for everything like meat and gas and letters. Across the street from my mother's house in the Junior High, they had a free sewing class. It was taught by a friend's mother. I enrolled and first I made a coat for my son Steve and then I tried a Santa suit. Ray loved it but tried never to wear it where our children were involved. One exception was our home's association had Santa go though our area in a convertible throwing candy to the children. As they grew up they never told him that they knew him. After we had grandchildren he attended a cookie party Cindy had and handed out small gifts to our grandchildren and their friends. It was sort of threadbare so I made him a second one. Which still exists as I think our son, Scott, has it in Lawrence