After a busy day of baseball, laundry and rum cakes, the kids and I took a trip downtown to PPG Place. I have lived in Pittsburgh for 6+ years now and have never made it there. Both kids have gone with either Scouts or School but my camera was screaming for some time out of the house.
We walked around the general area of PPG Place and when we finally needed a place to warm ourselves, we headed into Wintergarden to visit the Santa's of the World and the Gingerbread House Display.
This was my favorite "Santa". Gratherfather Frost from Russia. He travels from house to house bringing gifts on the non-religious holiday of New Years. He is often seen wearing winter furs or bishop robes as he travels through the forests of Russia.
It's always good for us to pause,
and think awhile of Santa Claus
That Jolly symbol that we revere
before we approach the changing year.
Behind his beard, so long and white
in which our children take delight,
there beats a heart from color free
which bids all children, "come to me".
~Marshall M. Morgan
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