“The Bell Still Rings”
driving along
and somehow
we got on
the subject of Santa
“has anyone ever seen Santa,
i mean has anyone ever seen him
put the presents under the tree …”
“I don’t know”
“do you think this year
i could maybe set up my ipad
to record … i just want to see him …”
“no, that’s illegal”
“why is it illegal”
“it just is”
“so, if nobody’s ever seen him put the presents under the tree …
then how do we know what he looks like …
how do we know he wears red and has a white beard …”
“well, in the olden days there must have been some sightings …
like Bigfoot … we wouldn’t know what Bigfoot looks like
if people hadn’t seen him; we wouldn’t know how hairy he is …”
“oh yeah, Bigfoot …”
“now, remember what I told you about Santa
and how when children reach a certain age,
he lets the parents take over for him so he can
share the magic of Christmas with all the little kids who need him …”
“what age do you think that will be for me, how old were you …”
“well, I think I was around 9 or 10 or so …”
“at school, somebody told Alex that Santa wasn’t real.
That’s all he talked about after that, and he asked me what i thought.
i told him, ‘duh, of course Santa’s real.’ Alex loves Santa as much as i do.”
“well, you know that some people don’t believe in Santa, and that’s ok.
We all have different beliefs. Some never believe, and some always will.
Teenagers and adults, sometimes, forget how it was with Santa when they were little.”
“i won’t forget …”
“I know. I know you won’t forget …”
TL