Hey, Schnujo! Thanks for the privilege of reviewing your "What a Character" entry! Great piece! I enjoyed it very much! However, you never told me that you knew my Mom. (For that matter Mom never told me that "Mrs. Santa" was her night job. It kind of explains why so much got done around my childhood home in such a short order.)

Overall Impression: Mrs. Santa Claus is a very industrious lady, who is reminiscent of the lady described in Proverbs 31:10ff. She is a wise woman. She is a great organizer. She knows how to delegate responsibilities. She is disciplined about maintaining the good health of herself and of those she loves. Mrs. Santa Claus is a strong woman with a loving, compassionate, tender heart.

Suggestions: Please, by all means give us a follow-up story describing the Christmas Eve trip of Mrs. Santa Claus delivering the part of the gifts she held out as her responsibility. Does she do anything that would benefit Santa on his upcoming trips in future years? The ladies of my personal experience are excellent at multi-tasking. Are there any multi-tasking skills Santa might learn from Mrs. Claus?

Punctuation/Spelling/Grammar: Over all the structural elements of English are pretty good in this piece, Schnujo! The following sentence gave me a momentary pause. "I bet they would, grubbers." I think the fact that I have often heard it expressed as "money-grubbers" made me pause to think for a moment. "O, that's short for 'money-grubbers'." Would it make any difference, if we added a word or two? "I bet they would, those grubbers." "I bet they would, those money-grubbers." I'm still not sure. Forgive me if I just "muddied the waters."

What I Like: You made Santa and Mrs. Claus seem more like real people, who deal with many of the same things with which the rest of us deal. This is a very endearing tale, Schnujo! Thank you for sharing it with us. Write more of these! :D

Thank you for taking the time to read my review! WRITE ON!!!