New Craft Challenge!

I think this challenge should be fun!
What we're going to do is, with Michele's permission, take the crocheted Santa she designed and make if FUNKY!
Purple suit with an orange beard? Go For it!
Make it from those funky and fun yarns...Go ahead!
Use something other than yarn for the beard...Hey, Why Not?
In other words, we're throwing tradition out the window and going wild!
Right now I don't have any prizes (If anyone would like to donate something, PM and let me know, but it's not necessary!), I thought a just for fun challenge would be fun! Michele would however like to put the entrants on her site with the pattern.
So here's the link to the post with the pattern link My Own Free Santa Claus Pattern
Now would you cross-stitchers like one too? OK....I found this post with a simple cross stitched Santa...so you stitchers...have at it. Change the colors, add funky things...but I'm going to stress, only add one additional stitched element to make it fair. Here's the link to the post with the link in it http://crafterscommunity.com/forum/c...html#post58316
DO NOT post the pictures of your Santa here. PM me for my e-mail addy and you can e-mail them to me! This makes judging more fair when the judges don't know who made which Santa.
Now, I'm going to give you more than enough time to get this done....how about all entry's due in by Dec. 5th
Any questions, don't hesitate to ask! And most of all.....HAVE FUN!