Santa's Humor

Greetings from Santa's Friend!

Dear Friends,

Santa and I were having another exchange of heavy-duty ideas when I challenged him. "You're always so serious. You ought to laugh more." This was his response:

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As you know my objective is to do what I can to promote Peace on Earth Good will to men. And as you also know I agree with Gandhi who once said, "If we are ever to have real peace in the world we must start with the children " So yes, I take my mission seriously, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of fun and laughter involved. For example I still chuckle when I think about one little girl.

She had stood patiently in line. There was a purposeful look on her face. Resignedly she had let me go through the "Have you been good?" ritual. Then, when we got to what she considered the important part of her visit, "What do you want for Christmas?" She took over.

"Do you remember that Barbie Doll I asked for last Christmas?"

It was obvious. She hadn’t received it.

In an attempt to rectify the situation I said, "Yes. I wanted to talk to you about that." I continued. "Last year, it was near the end of my run when I got to your house. I only had two Barbie Dolls left in my sack. Unfortunately you and two other little girls had asked for one. Since you and I are such good friends and you were already getting so much I thought you wouldn’t mind if I gave them to the other girls." I paused, looking for some signal of acceptance. She looked me squarely in the eye as she mulled it over. Finally she said, "All right, but don’t forget it this year!"

Needless to say I made the necessary arrangements. The delivery of one Barbie Doll was assured.

I should add, the humor I encounter is not confined to children.

Every year I attend a number of adult functions such as Sunday Brunches, dinner dances and cocktail parties. In most cases only the host or hostess knows that I will be there. I always have some reason for stopping. It might be that I had a flat runner that needed repair or possibly Rudolph had to go to the bathroom. While there I go around the room dealing with each person as if they were still children. It’s nostalgic and fun for everyone.

One year I was at the pre-eminent country club in the area when I approached a nicely turned out gentleman who had some years on him. The situation was appropriate and I asked him, "Have you been good?"

He said, "Santa, at my age, if I can be bad, that’s good!"

Being 1,657 years old myself I had to agree.

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And once again Santa was gone.

Until next month . . . Peace.

Santa’s Friend

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