Yes Kelly, there is a Santa

I met Santa yesterday at work.  Seriously.  Yeah, the man himself.  I was walking back from lunch and he stepped out of a building and was standing next to me on the street corner, waiting to cross.  He had a big, real white beard, complete santa suit (minus the hat), big black boots, and a walking stick with jingle bells on it.   I couldn't stop grinning.  I said, "Hi Santa."  As we walked across the street, people in their cars waved, and he tiped his cane to them.  He said, "Nice city, Portland - everybody always so cheery?"  I said, "Oh yeah, we're good people here."  And it turned out he was heading into my building, so we rode up in the elevator together, and before I got out at my floor, he said, "Well you'd better take this," and handed a bright red candy cane from out of a basket he was carrying.  I said, "Thanks Santa!"  And went grinning merrily back to work.  Made my day.