There is a Santa in all of us! Before every child’s eyes light up at the sight of Santa Claus, there is a deeper spirit behind the red suit and twinkling smile. As Edwin Osgood Grover reminds us, Santa embodies more than a story — he reflects the generosity, wonder, and kindness we all carry within ourselves:

“Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows; who shares his joys with those who are sad; whose hand is never closed against the needy; whose arm is ever outstretched to aid the weak; whose sympathy is quick and genuine in time of trouble; who recognizes a comrade and brother in every man he meets upon life’s common road; who lives his life throughout the entire year in the Christmas spirit.”

Edwin Osgood Grover  1912