Life after santa begins soon

As a lot of you have probably heard by now, after over 200 years of traveling by sleigh pulled by reindeer, Santa decided to upgrade to a Toyota Prius.

That means it's time for us reindeer to move on. For old times' sake, the old man is letting us pull the sleigh one last time this Christmas Eve.

I have to admit, though, I'm actually kind of excited. And I don't think I'm alone among the reindeer in feeling this way.

Around the watering hole, we're always talking about the other things we dream of doing, but never have time. (Training for Christmas Eve is a full-time job all year long, in case you didn't realize.) And now, we'll finally have the chance to go chase our dreams.

For myself, I've started writing. This blog, for one; though I'll share some other projects I have in the works soon. I've had these stories bottled up inside of me for so long, the words are just pouring out of me now.

Don't get me wrong, I've loved bringing joy to children across the world. But let's face it, St. Nick gets most of the credit for that, even though the reindeer literally did all the heavy lifting.

I'm ready for a change.