He was here... Boots by the door (as opposed to "Pants on the Ground")... Bits of St. Nick left in the fireplace... Kids were pleased with their loot...and even more pleased that he had given "Fritz" our Elf on the Shelf his magic back! Seems as tho his magic was ruined because he didn't * ahem * move for several days. Phew! St. Nick came just in the nick of time to fix Fritz! ;) Mr. E.W. asked in the car, the other day, "Mom, Christmas is about Jesus and St. Nick, right?" Me: "Well, no. Christmas is about Jesus, and the celebration of his birthday. St. Nick plays a very small part in Christmas...do you know what St. Nick did?" Which proceeded to a brief history about dear old St. Nick...here's what I told them: (this is right off the top of my head...I'm pulling out stuff I learned years ago in Saturday morning CCD classes, so don't quote this as gospel! *snicker*) "St. Nick was a kind old man who wanted to celebrate the b...