WEST TAWAKONI, Texas — Mike Nelson didn’t honestly know if he’d see this Christmas, much less make an appearance again in West Tawakoni and Quinlan as your friendly neighborhood Santa Claus. But he beat the odds, donned his Santa suit again, while also receiving a long-overdue gift of his own.
Nelson is the commander of VFW Post 2559. A Vietnam veteran, he served as a boiler tender on a refueling ship.
“Everything we had in the boiler room was covered with asbestos,” Nelson said…