by Daniel ‘Chip’ Ciammaichella
The storm had blown in quickly from the north that Christmas Eve, turning the rolling grasslands south of Raton into an endless blanket of white. The snow and ice had transformed the pinon, cedar and oak-brush into fine crystal sculptures, and the majestic peaks of the Sangre de Cristos were obliterated from […]

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By Brian Stewart Like many internationally famous individuals, Santa reached his greatest prominence far from the borders of his original hometown. He started in what is today the Middle East nation of Turkey as Saint Nicholas, archbishop of Myra. How he ended up at the North Pole as jolly old St. Nick is lost to […]

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One day at the North Pole when Christmas was near,
Mrs. Claus told the Elves, “I’m beginning to fear.
Poor Santa is worried — he’s not quite himself.
Please find out the trouble,” she asked the Chief Elf.

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