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I have in my possession a document that ensured this Pittsburgh Steelers’ victory in Super Bowl XLIII as of Christmas Day 2008. (As you are aware this was before the play-offs).

The story is: As a Christmas tradition, our family always put little anonymous gifts in each others’ stockings, these we call ”gifts from Santa.”

This year (like most people) we had very little money, and my wife commented to me that our sons were upset that they had nothing to put in my (I’m the dad) stocking. So as not to disappoint them, Christmas morning when we all emptied out our stockings, in Dad’s stocking was a document from none other than Santa Claus himself! This document stated that ”Dad’s Christmas wish will come true. The Pittsburgh Steelers will be Super Champs for the 2008/2009 season!”

Needless to say, this document will be framed and displayed in our home FOREVER!

I am 51 years old, and I sincerely believe in Santa!!!

Kelly Edwards, Bend

This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2009.

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Stocking Stuffer

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 4, 2009

<h1>Stocking Stuffer</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 4, 2009</p> <p>I have in my possession a document that ensured this Pittsburgh Steelers&#039; victory in Super Bowl XLIII as of Christmas Day 2008. (As you are aware this was before the play-offs).</p> <p>The story is: As a Christmas tradition, our family always put little anonymous gifts in each others&#039; stockings, these we call &#039;&#039;gifts from Santa.&#039;&#039;</p> <p>This year (like most people) we had very little money, and my wife commented to me that our sons were upset that they had nothing to put in my (I&#039;m the dad) stocking. So as not to disappoint them, Christmas morning when we all emptied out our stockings, in Dad&#039;s stocking was a document from none other than Santa Claus himself! This document stated that &#039;&#039;Dad&#039;s Christmas wish will come true. The Pittsburgh Steelers will be Super Champs for the 2008/2009 season!&#039;&#039; </p> <p> </p> <p>Needless to say, this document will be framed and displayed in our home FOREVER!</p> <p>I am 51 years old, and I sincerely believe in Santa!!!</p> <p>Kelly Edwards, Bend </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/stocking-stuffer-2132791/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16294&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/stocking-stuffer-2132791/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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