The not-so-thin red line

Mr. Bob Shaw,

In your article sir you error concerning Santa-America. Santa-America isn't a splinter group. Check out Santa-America.org .
Here is what Santa-America is:
Santa America is a national volunteer service organization with a very special mission. Over one-hundred Santas across America visit children and families in crisis. Santa Claus visits when a child or family needs him—twelve months a year—bringing love, hope and joy to special needs children in a loving visit of about an hour at home, hospital, or hospice.
Our professional, back-grounded, and trained Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and Elves visit:

Children and Families in Hospice Care
Children with Chronic Pediatric Illnesses
Children Suffering Post-Traumatic Stress
Santa's visits are free. There is no charge for a visit from Santa Claus—EVER.

Santa-America is a 501c3 non-profit organization funded entirely by your donations. Please explore our website, sign up for our newsletter, and join the Santa America team. You will touch a child's life and help a family in crisis.

Thank you,

Santa Eddie Hammers
Santa-America Volunteer Santa
Wiregrass Hospice, Oxford, AL
Proud member of AORBS
Royal Order of Santa Claus
Santa Claus Registry #51

Its a crying shame what has happen to what was once a wonderful organization. The genuine love and friendship that onces existed has been replaced with division and contempt. No matter how Jeff Germann or Nick Trolli try to justify their position, the very fact that membership dropped from 1300 to 400 is evidence of problems in the leadership, and anyone who has chases away brother Santas and says good riddance about it reveals the heart of the problem. Instead of working through differences and exhibiting the spirit of charity and generosity that Santa is know for, they build up walls, kick members out, and the only ones who can stay are the ones who agree with them 100%.

I do need to point out that Jeff Germann stated that all who left were dishonorable Santas but the truth is that most of the 900 or so members who left did so because they had to much honor to be apart of Santas fighting with each other and could no longer stomach what they were seeing.

Jeff Germann has a unique vision of what a dishonorable Santa is -- according to the 1,000 plus Santas who left AORBS Jeff and his accomplice, Nicholas Trolli, Sr. are the dishonorable Santas. They destroyed an honorable organization through nefarious mechanations and totally destroyed the fraternal and financial structure of the group. I was once a proud member and active participant in their group until I realized they were in it for themselves. I have not been under legal investigation for my participation -- can they say the same?