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Saigon Kids™ Stories: The Woodland Santa

What good son does not try to fulfill his mother’s wishes? I resolved to be there the Friday after Thanksgiving to buy my mother a Woodland Santa. I had no idea about the appearance of a Woodland Santa but that would be addressed when I got there. […]

Christmas Eve 1881

Submitted by Mike Parker (ACS)

Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned the greatest joy in life […]

Why I Still Believe in Santa

by Kevin Wells (ACS)

Roger Highfield may have researched and written The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey, but what does he know? Has he ever seen Santa?

I lived with my family in a microscopic house on Country Way, Scituate, Massachusetts. This was back in the days […]

Here’s a whole new twist on the song I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas – Broadcaster Chuck Neil describes its significance during the fall of Saigon.

I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

By Chuck Neil

I had been in Vietnam since 1967 working for various companies. In 1973, I was working for Federal Electric Corporation-ITT, and a friend said to me, “Hey, the military are leaving and they’re going to have civilians take over their radio […]

Blue Christmas