Christmas -- island style

'And I want a …' STAFF PHOTO BY DAN PARKER Jacob Bender, 5, visits with Santa Claus at Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park as part of the Carolers Afloat and Lighted Boat Parade Saturday. Santa, who was visited by dozens of children and several adults, held a microphone so spectators could hear the kids' requests. For more photos, see page 1B. Sights of the season STAFF PHOTO BY MURRAY JUDSON Spectators filled Roberts Point Park from one end of the Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor to the other on Saturday, Dec. 8. They were there to participate in Carolers Afloat and Lighted Boat Parade, both sponsored by the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau. At the end of the parade, Santa Claus arrived via Coast Guard boat and, while their parents enjoyed hot chocolate, cookies and tamales courtesy of the Coast Guard, their children talked to Santa Claus. More photos on Page 1B.