Ho Ho Ho

Right before Christmas, Joseph mastered the game where we would ask "What does Santa say?" and he'd reply "Ho Ho Ho."

This was great for all three of Joseph's Christmases of 2008, but we figured it wouldn't be of much use beyond then.

However, Joseph now says "Ho Ho Ho!" whenever he sees anyone with a beard or a strange red hat (e.g., snow men, garden gnomes). His most recent Santa sighting came while watching the evening news:

Supreme Leader of Iran, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

From this picture you can imagine the Ayatollah moonlighting at a local mall during the holidays, but you'll just have to take my word for it when I say that the image displayed on the news really didn't look anything at all like Santa.

After my online search for images of Khamenei, I'm thinking that just to be on the safe side (and off the naughty list), maybe the U.S. should reconsider its policies toward Iran.