Skip to main content

A Santa Emergency

 



Friends, there is an emergency. A Santa emergency. It says so right here.


Payne Christmas Trees, Levering Avenue in Elkridge


Apparently Santa is experiencing an emergency. I’ve done some research on the HoCoLocal scene and I think it may be because he is overworked. Or, possibly, overfed.


Only a small sampling…


Santa has been spreading good cheer all over town and twice on Sundays. But one can only hope he’ll have the good sense to steer clear of this mêlée.



FREE SHOW featuring Radio Hero Band LIVE on stage!
& The Biggest Christmas Party in Town — Again. And Yes, It's Still Absolute Chaos.
Mark your calendars, because SantaCon 2025 at The Reckless Shepherd is coming in hot. This is the holiday throwdown where all the jolly maniacs, boozy elves, and unhinged Santas unite. Festive? Yes.
Classy? Absolutely not. Fun? Hell yes.

Now, there’s a quick way to get on the Naughty List!  Still, Santa is well known for getting along with everyone.


Event at My Pet Store & More, Ellicott City 


But maybe not everyone.




I see that some of Santa’s friends will be gathering at the Clarksville Commons this morning.


Santa Gnomes by the Salvaged Stitch

And these lovely pillows are on offer in my local Buy Nothing Group “…in case Santa needs a bit of bulking up this year?”






Padding or no padding, the man in red is slated to be putting in an appearance following the Winter Parade in Oakland Mills this afternoon.



And I have it on good authority that you’ll find him at the Christmas Market at Clarksville Commons from 11 am to around noon. (Market Hours are 9 am - 1 pm)




Hmm…I wonder if Santa likes sticky buns? 


Rob and Sons Bakehouse. They make more than sticky buns, really.


For that matter, I’d definitely sign up for a “Sticky Buns with Santa” event, despite the alliteration.

Santa or no Santa, have a wonderful Saturday. And think some good thoughts for the Payne Christmas Tree & Holiday Market Santa. Hopefully he’ll be back on his feet soon. 


Village Green/Town² Comments 




Comments

  1. Julia A. McCreadyDecember 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM

    Please do not submit comments here. This function will be disabled shortly. Use the link above instead. Thank you!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Teacher Gifts

Today is the last day of school before the Winter Break. It’s a good time to remember the far-reaching nature of our public school system. You may not have children. You may have sent your children to independent schools. It matters not. You will be impacted one way or another. Yesterday I read a long thread on Facebook about several waves of illness in the schools right now. There’s influenza A and norovirus, I believe. And of course there’s COVID. Apparently in some individual schools the rate of illness is high enough for school admin to notify parents.  When I was little the acceptable holiday gift for a teacher was one of those lovely floral handkerchief squares. (I don’t know what it was for male teachers. They were rare in my elementary years.) These days the range of teacher gifts is wider and I have fond memories of Target gift cards which I have written about before. I think it’s safe to say that giving one’s teacher Influenza, norovirus, or COVID is not the ideal holiday...
1 comment
Read more

F ³: We Are Not Entitled

  A college student went missing. His family and friends were distraught. The community was encouraged to be on the lookout and spread the word.  Days passed.  They must have been agonizing days for those who cared about the missing student. Thoughts that foul play had been involved cannot have been far from their thoughts.  Then, at last, the student was found. Alive. The news was shared with the public.  So. Much. Relief. A family had been reunited with their child. Even though we know that life is complicated, I think it is okay to accept this as a happy ending and leave it at that.  But the world of social media says no. For every expression of joy at the news came questions and even judgement. It became clear to me that some folks felt entitled to an explanation. They wanted the backstory. It’s as though they felt that, by enlisting the help of the public on social media, the authorities now owed them all the details. Television dramas often weave curr...
2 comments
Read more

Separate and Unequal

  Remember “Separate but equal”? Remember how that really meant that Black schools languished in  broken-down buildings without adequate heat or toilet facilities, with cast-off, ragged learning materials, underfunded and largely ignored? The Supreme Court struck that down in 1954. The evidence was clear that separate was not equal. Plessy v Ferguson had led to - - no, endorsed - - deeply unequal schooling and opportunities. We tend to think of Brown v Board as being purely about racial integration. It was not.  It was about the logical consequences of segregation. And they were not, not, not equal. The ruling in 1954 didn’t transform public education for non-whites into a land of milk and honey by any means. But it articulated some essential truths in a way that made including everyone a legal precedent which could be relied upon and built upon. It was better than what came before it but it rested upon unsteady ground. It did not necessarily change the hearts or minds ...
1 comment
Read more