Dear Santa Believers,
 
Early last Monday morning, Dani and I lost a dear friend, Karen Donahue. Texting the sad news to our son Calvin included the reminder that Karen was the daughter of the “chocolate coin lady.” When Calvin was very small, Karen’s mother Irma, who was from Germany, insisted that every child in her family and friend orbit receive gold-foil wrapped chocolate coins at Christmas. From that time forward, Irma was known as the “chocolate coin lady,” and in her memory the confection tokens have been a part of every December.
 
You may well know the story, and this may also be tradition in your family, but its history is well worth repeating.