These are some Christmas comments made by associates of Stryker.  A little boy named Ben, who is also 3 1/2, recently said to his mom, “Don’t you just love the holidays?”

A little girl in Wal-Mart said to her mom, “What is Santa Claus’s middle name?”  (I didn’t hear the response, as they turned into another aisle, although I did consider following to find out what the mom would say.)

A 3-year-old boy named Jacob from playgroup has a 10-month-old sister named Emily.  They recently got together with some relatives for Christmas, and everyone had Christmas stockings, but not Emily, since she’s too young to know what it’s all about.  Jacob noticed and said, “Why doesn’t Emily have a stocking?  Was she too naughty?”

We don’t want Stryker to be suspicious or sad if Peytra didn’t get anything from Santa.  So it has led Santa to plan on leaving gifts for Peytra, not for her benefit, but for Stryker’s.