there are some things i don't believe in

then again there ARE some things i DO believe in. if you don't think i believe in santa (even though i am NOT in virginia) you are sadly mistaken. because i DO believe)


With Santa's Return, a Happy Ending at Tysons
By Fredrick Kunkle
Washington Post Staff Writer

Strictly speaking, it does not always look like fun.

Waiting in line, many children are so hopped up with excitement that they forgo breakfast, visits to the bathroom and parental attempts at conversation. But the closer the children get to their destination -- the twinkling Christmas trees, the giant throne-like chair, the bearded, strangely attired man -- the more their emotions build and build into what can only be described as sheer panic. Even terror. Several cry.

But this is the memorable experience that parents love each year -- and that drove thousands of them to raise a hullabaloo last month after Tysons Corner Center tried to fire the Santa of 18 years, Michael Graham, and put another in his place.

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