Kneeling Santa: 1996

This year we wanted to give gifts to our children that needed to be experienced, to be complete. Our oldest daughter wanted a kneeling Santa picture. We found a 100-year-old barn to be the backdrop. The family gathered one night to witness the taking of this picture. We all shone our car lights on the scene.
Our other daughter's baby was the baby Jesus. We took the picture of Santa kneeling by the baby Jesus in the old barn. Santa was very tender with the "baby Jesus", as he has a great love and respect for Him. Christmas is wonderful for many reasons, but the greatest is because it celebrates the birth of our Savior.
The next day we went to the barn in the daylight and took a series of pictures with a doll that we got at Deseret Industries. We presented the picture, the series of pictures, and the doll to our eldest daughter for Christmas. It has been a reminder every year of Santa's humility in light of our Savior's greatness. Herein lies the real meaning of Christmas.

Mrs. Claus