{"id":17171,"date":"2011-12-15T23:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=17171"},"modified":"2011-12-16T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T15:01:27","slug":"santa-claus-came-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/15\/santa-claus-came-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus Came to Town!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1444-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1444-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1444-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1444-1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Jenkins had us over to meet Santa this week!&#160; It was a really fun night!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1387.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1387\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1387_thumb.jpg\" width=\"292\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1440\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1440_thumb.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1414-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1414-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1414-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1414-1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1366\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1366_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1436.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1436\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1436_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was such a good Santa and even had a glowing thumb to entertain the little ones!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1374\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1374_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1448\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1448_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1378\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1378_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1431\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1431_thumb.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1432\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1432_thumb.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; 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border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1405\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1405_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa asked Noelle all about her feather! 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border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1407\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1407_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noelle told him all about what she wants for Christmas\u2026 again!&#160; Ha!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1415\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1415_thumb.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1393.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1393\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1393_thumb.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1412\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1412_thumb.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this face!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1459\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1459_thumb.jpg\" width=\"173\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1460\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1460_thumb.jpg\" width=\"177\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_1461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; 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