In the mail this afternoon was a thank-you card from the organizers of last weekend’s Weihnachtsmarkt in New Braunfels – the design was also on the shopping bags that were given out to everyone who purchased a pass to come and shop. The street in the scene is New Braunfel’s Main Street, with many identifiable buildings on either side … oh, and Santa is wearing a cowboy hat, and shouting, “Frohliche Weihnachten, Y’all!”

And next weekend, Santa will be in Goliad, Texas – where he comes into Courthouse Square riding on a long-horn…