Santa not only exists BUT he also visits towboats!!!

He was dressed in buckskins and a coon skin hat. He pulled alongside of us in a pirogue pulled by 8 alligators.

He came down Charlie Noble's pipe, left a bag of Hershey's miniatures, cookies, cards, and a bandanna for each man of the crew. He had some breakfast (2 coffee's; don't tell Mrs. Claus) and was gone.

Our SPECIAL thanks to the Seaman's Church Institute (Houston, Tx) for the cookies, cards, and bandannas!!!!

More Special Thanks to all the volunteers who wrote cards, baked & packed cookies, and wrapped gifts for all of us "dirty old sailors"!!!!!