Curly white beard and hair tucked under a scarlet cap

couldn't hide the youthful vitality and enthusiasm of McIntosh

High School's senior "Santa" Jonathan Philpot as he intently listened to

a litany of requests for Barbies, Teletubbies, Furbys

and Hotwheels at the first-ever student-sponsored Santa breakfast.

Organized by Diane Lattimore's international

business class for seniors, the pancake and sausage breakfast raised

approximately $500 for the Friday Home for Fayette County youths.

Children attending the morning event had an opportunity

to have their pictures snapped with Santa and tick off items on

their gift lists. Teletubbies surfaced as the "most asked for" toy for

the preschool set, according to Santa, followed by the usual

Barbies, trucks and games.

Santa confided that a '98 sleigh topped his wish list.

The business class is comprised of students who also run a

working company called McIntosh International Trading

Company. Their import/export business expects to receive a shipment of

Scottish wool scarves before Christmas. They in turn, export

Georgia-made products to Scotland. Students in the class who

helped organize Saturday's event included Jeff Miller,

Jonathan Philpot, Ashley Tucker, Dana Wright, Nic Dixon, Matt

Kelso, Nicholas Kaigler, Chris Massman and Nathan Bender.

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