Personal Narrative: Living Like Santa

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Living Like Santa
Every Christmas morning as a child, like every child, I couldn’t wait to see what was waiting under the tree that Santa had brought. It has always been what the child couldn’t wait to find, not what the parents couldn’t wait to find. They were for me, the selfish kid that I was.
When I began to hear about the Golden Rule in Sunday school, I started to think. I should treat others how I want to be treated? It makes sense, it even did in my little kid mind. I took it to the next level and connected it with Christmas presents. I loved receiving Santa’s presents and I wanted Santa to receive presents, too. I wanted Santa to feel the same joy that I felt about his presents for me.
I was eleven and Christmas was arriving. I knew

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