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@Montecristo;
Life is what you choose to make it and is a beautiful thing. Grumpy comes with age, but doesn't need to define how you live life.

Grumpy old men? Two eighty year olds and a seventy five year old.

@PappyJoe;
Thank you for the joy you spread.

@motie2
That was an interesting read which was posted on the many Santa Claus facebook group pages. As much as I love being a Santa during the season, I have grown to hate most of the facebook groups for Santa, they are filled with the most hypocritical, bigoted, non-Santa like people I have ever come across. It makes the divisive issues I've seen on other pipe smoker forums seem like genteel conversation. By the way, by bigoted, I'm not talking about racial issues but about the question of whether Santa needs a real beard or a designer beard. There are people who in one breath types "it's for the children" (where have we all heard that before?) while in the next breath spew the most hateful diatribe about either those who must wear a "fake" beard or those with natural beards who aren't as massive. It is so pathetic that's I find myself constantly laughing at them. 

And its not just the beard issue. I have never seen people with such large egos! They get so offended if someone who has a beard shops within 10 miles of wherever they are pretending to be Santa. The constant, "I was working in the store today and someone with a long white beard had the audacity to walk past my set. He shouldn't be out shopping even if he isn't dressed as Santa." mentality is, again, absolutely hilarious. 

After all that, you may ask, "Why do you do it?"

Simple. It's for the children.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Here's to a Happy New Year to us all.