The Christmas That Almost Wasn't

12-26-2008 027, originally uploaded by gina64.

I hope that you all enjoyed your holiday, and that Santa was good to you. Sadly, our Christmas had a bit of a rocky start. The morning was just beginning to dawn, when outside the window we heard such a clatter, we sprang from our beds to see what was the matter.

Nothing could have prepared us for what we saw: Santa Claus, lying on our front porch in a very unnatural position. We're still not sure how it happened, but something caused him to veer off course and crash right into our house! (I suspect Santa of partaking of a bit too much holiday cheer, but I have no proof save the unmistakable aroma of spiked eggnog that he gave off)

Not to fear, however - as it happens, Santa Claus is a lot more flexible than one would think, and after helping him up and brushing him off, we filled him with some hot coffee and Christmas cookies and sent him on his way.

And that's how we saved Christmas.

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