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ST. GEORGE — A granddaughter's concern that Santa Claus wouldn't be able to find her while visiting her grandfather has launched the latest Christmas book from a southern Utah author.
Lyman Hafen remembers similar feelings he experienced as a young boy. And the grandfather's comforting words to his grandchild several years ago have morphed into "A Christmas Journey" this year.
"A few years ago, when my granddaughter was younger and they came from Boston, she was concerned. And I remembered that same concern when I was a little kid," Hafen said. "My parents were always very careful about making Christmas magic. I love parents who do that. I think it's so awesome. And you get that Santa Claus is not real, but if we grew up with that, we also know he is real."
Hafen said Santa Claus' spirit is real and passed on from generation to generation.
