In this short story, a Jewish gay teen finds himself dressing up like Santa Claus to help out his boyfriend, who wants to prolong his little sister's belief in Santa Claus for at least one more year. The significance runs deeper than holiday tradition, however, because that role had been played by their father, who recently abandoned the family. This is a thoughtful, well-meaning story, but ultimately it didn't completely gel for me, although it's hard to put my finger on why that was the case. ( )