Santa Claus

So This Is Christmas 2

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January 3rd 2011
I remember counting down the sleeps til Santa Claus would park his reindeer and sleigh on the roof and slide his chubby self down the chimney to place gifts under the tree for my sister and I. The anticipation and genuine excitement that a child experiences leading to Christmas is never duplicated or ever re-experienced later on in life. Once the innocence of childhood disappears, what is left of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more