As I was sitting in my chair,a gentleman came up to me. I looked up at him and said,”have a seat next to me.” He asked if he could get his first Santa picture on my knee.
I said,” Sure my boy,have a seat”,so he did.As his wife was about to take the picture, she stopped and reached into her purse and pulled out a zip lock plastic bag. There was an item inside of the bag that was wrapped in a white paper towel.
We both looked at her and the gentleman said, “You had to bring it didn’t you?.” She had a smile on her face and his wife then replied, “Yes and you are going to get off that list once and for all !”
So Dexter,my Elf, brought the bag to us and gave it to the gentleman. He opened it up and pulled out the wrapped item, and removed the item from the paper to show me it was a lump of coal.
I started to laugh and said, “HO. HO .HO.” I reach over to the table that was next to my chair and on it was my snow globe.
I handed the gentleman my snow globe to hold, so I could see why he got that lump of coal.
I looked at the gentleman and said, “well my boy, I can see why you got that lump of coal.”
I just shook my head.
“That year I got a lot of letters from your Mom, your Sister, Teacher, and four girls from your school.
Your mom wrote me saying that You were not helping around the house , you did not brush your teeth, you did not want to do your school work and you did not want to get up for school.
Your sister told me that you were mean to the animals, and you kept fighting with her.”
I paused and looked up at him and shook my head once again.
“Your teacher told me in a very nice letter , I must say , that you were always late for class and you did not do your home work.
The four girls from your science class wrote to me saying that you dipped their pony tails in the ink well that was on the corner of your desk and you destroyed their shirts and sweaters.
Oh see I see you married of one the girls who wrote me about that!”
Well his wife said,”you give it to him, and don’t let him off of the hook that easy Santa! “
“But I also see in the snow globe you have been a very good boy ,so maybe if you continue being a good boy , you just might get a gift from me and I just might take that lump of coal back to the north pole. ” His wife took the picture of him holding the lump of coal and I was holding a wrapped Christmas present.
As they were leaving my Den , I heard the gentleman say ,”how did he know about my sister?”
I then wished them both a Merry Christmas.
From Santa’s White Christmas
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