Adapted from a story told by Charles Russell in Trails Plowed Under. Everybody knows Charles M. Russell was one of America’s greatest cowboy artists but few know he was also a pretty good storyteller. I first read this story some forty years ago and it remains one of my favorite Christmas tales. I changed a few things but it is based on Charley’s original story. Santa Claus sometimes m


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