A very fond memory of my childhood growing up in the Northwest is of The J.P. Patches Show. Every weekday morning while getting ready for school at 7:30am I would tune in to my favorite TV Klown. Christmas time was the best time of the year to watch. J.P. He would make a trip up to the North Pole with a bundle of Patches pals letters to see if they had been naughty or nice .By feeding the letters in to the Pal-a-Vac J.P. and Santa could tell by the smile or the upside down frown on J.P's face on the front of the Pal-a-Vac. Some times J.P.'s name would get a frown of naughty if he had been trying to see his name in Santa's book. I never knew who played Santa but, he always did a wonderful job. The J.P.Patches Show ran on KIRO TV Seattle for 23 years endeing in 1981. J.P. was and still is a True Northwest Icon. *thanks chris...www.jppatches.com I invite you to visit my website at SantaClausNorthwest
