This is Ol' St. Nick during his down time.  Christmas is over and he's just chillin' in his red long underwear - a union suit - you know the kind - it buttons up the front and has an escape hatch in the back!  He is also wearing his favorite pair of wool socks.  (The picture is really bad - I can't seem to make the red wool not have the white reflections - it looks like white fuzz but it's not!) 

 

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Santa is one of my favorite characters.  He's really not a traditional Santa.  He has a long, wild mustache and no beard (his little chin was too cute to cover with a beard) - and what no Santa hat and black boots?  His deep set eyes do have that famous twinkle, however, and he certainly looks jolly.  He is so soft and flexible.  When you pick him up his arms and legs move around as if he's dancing.  He is very fond of dancing to bluegrass music and he's just waiting to star in a video of his own!