Petty Officer 3rd Class Conor Madigan, an aviation maintenance technician stationed at Air Station Kodiak, (dressed as Santa) poses with a kid from Akhiok, Alaska, during a visit to the remote village on Dec. 7, 2022, in support of the annual Santa to the Villages program. The idea of Santa to the Villages began in 1974 when a Coast Guard pilot noticed that children in Kodiak’s seven remote villages had limited opportunities to interact with Santa and receive gifts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn.