merry x-mas. 

i. Santa on the Old Sacramento Northern train line. 

ii. Senior Master Sgt. Mark Kloeppel waits backstage to play Santa Claus for the last time after participating in Operation Teddy Bear following 25 years with the Travis Air Force Base 349th Air Mobility Wing.

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