by Bett Young

As time comes and goes, and go it must, so man's techniques and machines come and go. Like the horse and buggy being pushed aside by the horseless carriage, man and his ideas are also moved about, some being lost in the trample of time and some remaining forever. Taking all of this into consideration, can we hope to say that Santa's trustworthy, worn out, old sled will overcome the march of forever changing time? "Certainly not!", you say, but are you sure?

It was only two weeks ago that I read an article which told of Santa's experiment between his sled and a modern missile. He said that in the experiment he traveled to all parts of Toyland testing, evaluating,

calculation, and observing. His results were conclusive. Although the modern missile holds various advantages over the sled, it just didn't seem to fit Santa's needs. He said that the rocket had speed, range, and time on its side, but the sled had, and we'll have to take his word for it, comfort, mobility, and handling ease. It was just impossible to land the missile on a house without burning a huge hole in the roof from the after burners. Getting his bag of toys, much less himself, in and out of the cockpit was miserable, and the noise it made on take-off was enough to wake the Easter Bunny up four months ahead of time. "No," he said, "it just isn't what I want."

All of this just goes to show one thing‑the boys at the Cape could learn something from Santa and his sleigh.