Show santa as he appears in the different countries SO IQ 0 SANTA CLAUS wears a red LJ suit and a long white beard and when he busy in the toy store drives a sleigh pulled by donner and butzen blitzen not if 1 you live in hawaii there ther on a moonlit december night you might see santa come riding in from the ocean on a surfboard surf board As likely as not there would be a let lei or wreath of flowers about his neck though he wears the same red suit and waterproof boots he dons for boys and girls of the united states since hawaii is really american territory la in the philippines though 14 it too Is american the white cap turns conical like a spanish clowns he be carries a red and white lantern lanberg which helps him find the home of every good boy and girl and drives buffalo which they call cai abao the gifts are packed in baskets slun slung across the backs of these crea creatures tures i what would you think of santa in a rickshaw but after all if you were a chinese child that what you would expect and santa never disappoints in japan he sits with his feet tucked under tinder him to take his tea on a wintry afternoon and in the african tropics well you just recognize the red suit ile he has even taken to using the airplane in our own country I 1 am sure that when he leaves the reindeer in his barn he pats the nose of each cadi one and urges the ice elves to feed thern them plenty of reindeer moss till lie comes home bagain again frances grinstead grenstead D western union |