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No get-out clause...it's ho-hohell for Santa Blog in first comment avoid Alt's naughty word stealing monkeys. |
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Not my words. No get out clause… it’s ho – ho – hell for Santa So Christmas is upon us & it’s hassle all the way for those who play the host. But spare a thought, as you burn the sprouts & watch the dog shredding the presents, for the person who really has it hard at this time of year: Santa. Think about it. For a start he doesn’t get demands from a handful of petulant children: he gets them from millions. As you shoulder everyone out of the way to get to your infants must-have item, you’ve only got to do it the once. It’s non stop for Father Christmas: it’s a wonder his shoulders haven’t developed arthritis. Then there are the elves, squabbling & bickering & constantly demanding more fairy gold. There’s Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer, who I have always strongly suspected of being too liberal with the schnapps, (why else would he have a red nose?) & the necessity to get down chimneys when so many of us live in high rise towers. Sliding through double glazing is more painful than it sounds. There’s the requirement to deliver coal to naughty children which these days is wrong on so many levels: for a start coal is a carbon fuel, which is a serious no-no & anyway, isn’t this discriminating against children who were not born with a sweet nature? Maybe they didn’t want to be naughty. Maybe they were born into a dysfunctional household & were merely replicating the behaviour they saw in adults around them. And the wardrobe. It can’t be fun, going around dressed as a Coca-Cola tin, & is Santa actually wearing real fur? Doesn’t he know that there are all sorts of well-made alternatives out there, barely distinguishable from the real thing? Doesn’t he think Rudolph might mind having to ferry around someone who is dressed in one of his fellow beasts of the field? Nor can it be much fun the rest of the year. There’s not a huge amount going on at the North Pole: while the rest of us have been whinging about self-isolating for a couple of years, Santa’s been doing it for millennia. And you can’t imagine it does much for his relationship with Mrs Claus: cooped up all year with just elves & reindeer for company is going to stretch even the best. And then having to put such a good face on it, all that ”Ho ho ho-ing,” when you know he just wants to say, “Give me a blim-min break.” So spare a thought for Santa, who must also get serious indigestion from all that sherry & mince pies (no wonder the poor man could do with losing a couple of stone), probably whiplash from when Rudolph parks the sleigh too sharply & blatant ingratitude from those he rewards. Millions of children write to him asking for gifts, for sure. But how many bother to send him a thank you note? (Note – a stone is weight measurement in the UK equal to 14 pounds, so if someone said they weigh 12 stone, that equals 168 pounds.)
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Dave It is so important that we should look at things from the other person's persepctive!! A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw Jenny
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... rare are those who remember to be thankful and appreciate someone's effort to make things work or just make them happen...
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Thankfulness is definitely in order.
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