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Notre Dame Football: Santa Awards Two Scholarships to Walk-Ons

With Mrs. Claus by his side and Brian Kelly speaking for him, Santa dropped off two presents for the young men earlier this week.

Santa has been busy the last few days but did find the time to make a stop in Orlando to give out a couple of presents to two members of the Notre Dame football team.

Those two are Mick Asaff, a walk-on running back from Atlanta and Colin Grunhard, a walk-on offensive lineman from Kansas.

With Mrs. Claus by his side and Brian Kelly speaking for him, Santa dropped off two presents for the young men earlier this week.

These never get old to me and my favorite part may be seeing how excited the scholarship players are to see their teammates who have given so much time, energy and effort get rewarded.

Assaf has 34 yards on 10 carries for his career and Grunhard, son of Tim (played at Notre Dame from 86-89, later with the Kansas Chiefs) has appeared in eight games over the last two years.

5 Highly Unusual US Christmas Traditions

These five American
traditions baffle Christmas
celebrators in other parts of the world. Decorating Trees
With Popcorn German-Americans who
traditionally decorated their
trees with fruits and nuts are
thought to have been the first to do this. TV Yule Logs The first burning log aired on TV in
the 1960s. Now it streams on Netflix. Drunk Santa Santacon got its start
as a San Francisco
pub crawl in 1994. The NYC event has raised
over $400,000 for charities
in the past five years. Eggnog The base ingredient of this American
holiday staple is egg yolks, which doesn’t
seem to appeal to the rest of the world. Hidden Pickle Ornaments In this U.S. tradition, the first child
to spot the pickle ornament receives
an extra present.

These five American
traditions baffle Christmas
celebrators in other parts of the world. Decorating Trees
With Popcorn German-Americans who
traditionally decorated their
trees with fruits and nuts are
thought to have been the first to do this. TV Yule Logs The first burning log aired on TV in
the 1960s. Now it streams on Netflix. Drunk Santa Santacon got its start
as a San Francisco
pub crawl in 1994. The NYC event has raised
over $400,000 for charities
in the past five years. Eggnog The base ingredient of this American
holiday staple is egg yolks, which doesn’t
seem to appeal to the rest of the world. Hidden Pickle Ornaments In this U.S. tradition, the first child
to spot the pickle ornament receives
an extra present.

5 Highly Unusual US Christmas Traditions

These five American
traditions baffle Christmas
celebrators in other parts of the world. Decorating Trees
With Popcorn German-Americans who
traditionally decorated their
trees with fruits and nuts are
thought to have been the first to do this. TV Yule Logs The first burning log aired on TV in
the 1960s. Now it streams on Netflix. Drunk Santa Santacon got its start
as a San Francisco
pub crawl in 1994. The NYC event has raised
over $400,000 for charities
in the past five years. Eggnog The base ingredient of this American
holiday staple is egg yolks, which doesn’t
seem to appeal to the rest of the world. Hidden Pickle Ornaments In this U.S. tradition, the first child
to spot the pickle ornament receives
an extra present.

These five American
traditions baffle Christmas
celebrators in other parts of the world. Decorating Trees
With Popcorn German-Americans who
traditionally decorated their
trees with fruits and nuts are
thought to have been the first to do this. TV Yule Logs The first burning log aired on TV in
the 1960s. Now it streams on Netflix. Drunk Santa Santacon got its start
as a San Francisco
pub crawl in 1994. The NYC event has raised
over $400,000 for charities
in the past five years. Eggnog The base ingredient of this American
holiday staple is egg yolks, which doesn’t
seem to appeal to the rest of the world. Hidden Pickle Ornaments In this U.S. tradition, the first child
to spot the pickle ornament receives
an extra present.