A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF CALL ME SANTA

Gregory K. Boghosian grew up surrounded by tradition, family, and the quiet magic that shapes a child’s imagination. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and raised in the nearby, closeknit Armenian community of Watertown, his early years were filled with warmth, storytelling, and the cultural richness that stays with a person for life.

His family moved occasionally — even living for a time in Okinawa, Japan — before finally settling in Danvers, Massachusetts, where their roots took hold. In 1965, while building his career in architecture, Gregory met his true soulmate, Donna Lee Howcroft. They married in 1967 and remained close to their families, living in several nearby communities before finally establishing a permanent home in Beverly.

Gregory became a registered architect in Massachusetts, working for several private sector firms in the Greater Boston area, and later began a career with the United States Postal Service in their Division of Real Estate and Building, advancing to Senior Architect-Engineer in a career that spanned thirty years. After retiring from the U.S.P.S. in 2004, Gregory began a small home office for over twenty-five more years, finally fully retiring in early 2025. In 1976, Gregory designed and built the family home in Beverly, Massachusetts, — a house that still rings with decades of laughter, holiday traditions, and the joyful chaos of raising their sons, Gregory K. II and Todd Brian.

Gregory never planned to become Santa Claus. It happened the way the best Christmas stories do — quietly, unexpectedly, and with a spark of wonder. After noticing a few coincidences, his young niece, Elizabeth, began to suspect that her uncle and Santa might somehow be the same person. Gregory believed that no five-year-old should ever lose that sense of magic. He wrote a letter “from Santa Claus,” to Elizabeth, explaining that he and Santa were close buddies. And with that simple act, “…a gentle ruse — and a lifelong tradition — began, carrying its magic forward to this very day.”

For more than forty years, Gregory wrote hundreds of personalized letters from Santa Claus, to children across his orbit and beyond. Each letter was crafted with care, imagination, and the belief that every child deserves to feel seen and cherished at Christmastime. What began as a gesture of love became a legacy — one that now reaches a fourth generation of the Boghosian family, as Gregory continues writing to the grandchildren of his two sons.

Call Me Santa is Gregory’s memoir of that journey: a celebration of family, tradition, and the enduring magic of believing. Gregory holds fast to the idea that a little Christmas magic is essential — especially for children. He wrote this book for those who still believe, for those who almost forgot how to believe, and for those who simply need a gentle, loving nudge to remember that the season truly is magical. And by the way, for us all to believe in Santa Claus can’t be a bad thing, can it? Think of it this way; you almost have to smile a bit, when you think of him. It’s good, don’t you think?