If you’re a kid taking a trip to the mall to visit Santa Claus, you’re already impressed enough that you’re hanging out with Santa Claus. So Santas, take note: you don’t need to further awe them by descending from a balcony on a rope, because there are reindeer for that, and also because your beard might get stuck causing you to lose both that and your Santa hat, thereby ruining Christmas for everyone.
This reminds me of a lovely tale from my own childhood, when my younger brother and I were taken to visit a mall Santa in upstate New York. After waiting and waiting on line, it was finally our turn to sit on the big guy’s lap. And my little bro ran right up to Saint Nick, stuck is finger in the dude’s face and yelled, “Take off that hat!”
Classic, both of these.










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