Merry Christmas is this bear from Catherine's Mum and Dad! It is the "bear what Santa brought her".....
As he was rather large, Catherine strapped him into the front seat with the shoulder seatbelt for the trip home in her pickup truck......Bob was quite alarmed when he first opened the door and saw the little face and eyes looking back.
Christmas brought ice and freezing rain, so getting in and out of the road to the log house was challenging. As soon as the Christmas holidays were over, Catherine invested in studded tires (now legal in northern Ontario). No more acting like a toboggan coming down that last hill when it is icy!!!!