Family apocrypha my grandfather was Santa for the veterans ' club he belonged to over the span of 30 years . One year , a neighborhood child asked for a little brother . Grandpa laughed and explained that siblings were a decision up to his mom dad . Back in the 1950 s , that was enough of a response to make the kid ' s mom go scarlet . But then the kid looked at Grandpa and said , Well , okay then , but . can I have a puppy instead ? Conveniently , his father had already put down a payment on a beagle from my grandfather ' s breeding that autumn , so Grandpa put the suit back on to deliver the puppy in the kid ' s stocking Christmas morning . <| sep |> I ' ve never heard of him <| sep |> It ' s not like DC doesn ' t have excellent private schools that many presidential offspring have used .