Annie can t believe her eyes The "Santa" in the mall looks so much like her grandfather s friend, Simon. A Jewish Santa? Annie lines up to get a closer look - and ends up "placing an order." Simon Greenbaum, flat broke, has taken the job at the Winter Castle to earn a few dollars between jobs. And after all, with his long white beard, he looks just like Santa already. "Don t breathe a word to your Zaideh that you saw me here," he says. "If you don t tell him that I m a Santa Claus, I won t tell him what you asked for. It s a deal?" When Annie s parents find out, however, that she has placed...
Annie can t believe her eyes The "Santa" in the mall looks so much like her grandfather s friend, Simon. A Jewish Santa? Annie lines up to get a clos...