Last night, we had our staff Christmas party. We started with light snacks at the home of Phil and Darlene Burkett, and then headed to The New Huntington, the renovated theatre in beautiful downtown Huntington, Ind., which has been turned into a supper club.

The meal was good. The program was great. Three very talented singers doing Christmas-themed songs, interspersed with hilarious background info about the songs by one of the founders.

One song was Gary Allen’s “Let’s be Naughty (and Save Santa the Trip).” One of the two guys, Kyle, a nice-looking young guy with a beautiful high voice, sang this one. And for part of the song, he was on his knees in front of my wife, serenading her with these words:

Such a long sleigh ride from the North Pole
And he’s already got so many places to go
We’ve got each other, don’t need another gift
Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip

Well Santa’s face would turn red if he could only see
What we’ll be unwrapping underneath our Christmas tree
Well this year all I’m asking for is one little wish
Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip

He couldn’t have picked a better person. Pam, as those of you who know her are aware, is a very outgoing, free-wheeling kind of person…NOT. I was sitting behind Pam, but would love to have seen her horrified face. At least she didn’t have to get out of her seat.

Anyway, it made the evening quite memorable. And now Pam has challenged me to serenade her with, “Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” Hmmm.