New Councilmen Olbert and Collins Share Favorite Holiday Memories

On Nov. 8, Mark Olbert and Ron Collins were elected to the San Carlos City Council.

San Carlos Patch asked the new councilmen, "What is your favorite holiday memory?"

Here's what your new councilmen had to say:

Mark Olbert: "Some years ago, when my son was little, we were driving down Laurel Street with our out of town relatives, showing them the holiday decorations.  My aunt asked him if he knew where Santa lived and Arthur answered with great certainty, "Yes!".  She then asked him where Santa lived and, as we passed the Bank of America parking lot, he proudly pointed out Santa's seasonal hangout and exclaimed, "Right there! See, he lives right there!"

Ron Collins: "My favorite holiday memory is when my father came from Florida to stay with us at Christmas in 1989.  It was our first Christmas in our new home and our children were 10 and 7 at the time.  He had the good sense to bring his video camera and film our Christmas morning gift opening and the arrival of our other family members later that day when they came for dinner.  Then he did again the next year!  We found those videos a couple of years ago and had them transferred to a DVD.  It was wonderful to be able watch it for the first time (we had never watched it), and a little bittersweet, as some of our loved ones in it have now passed on.  I remember being a little irritated at the time because my dad wouldn’t put the video camera down, but now I treasure it."

What's your favorite holiday memory? Let us know in the comments!