December 15, 2006
Is this Christmas?
Santa Claus came to Jacob's creche the other day. Jacob had prepared for this event, ruthlessly practising Jingle Bells for days and days beforehand. He admitted he might be a little bit afraid of Santa and might need me to accompany him when his name was called out but after watching a tardy, tall, skinny, bare-footed Santa hand out presents to the first five or six kids advised me that he was no longer scared and my services would not be required. Twenty minutes later and still waiting for his present to emerge from a now-alarmingly-empty-looking sack he had once again changed his mind; the anxiety of missing out was playing with his mind.
Santa was a bit rushed having started late and hence niceties such as singing, ho,ho,ho-ing and small-talk were ditched. This and the mid-30's temperature left Oma and Opa looking slightly bemused by the so-called Australian Christmas cheer.
Posted by Faith