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| Horatio Christmas of 2014 |
Sarah
said to Horatio, “Is Santa Claus going to go pffft! right
over this house?”
And
while three-year-old Horatio waved his head no! vigorously, I shook my own head wondering how Mom's voice was coming out of
Sarah's mouth!
Every
year, mostly at Christmastime, but it could happen anytime during
the year actually because Mom loved instilling that kind of fear in
others whenever, Mom would say those very words, “Santa is going to
go pffft! right over this house!”
And
because pffft! does not translate precisely to the page, I
will put into words how I have always pictured that phrase: Santa
Claus is going to come flying in his sleigh on Christmas Eve – he
will get close to our house and suddenly realize that the people in
the house, or maybe it is just one person who happens to live there,
are not, or is not, worthy of Christmas gifts – naughty is
the word that will come to his mind, and he will change his
mind about delivering presents to us and rather than stopping at the
house in his sleigh, he will speed up and do a fly by – pffft!
right over us!
When
Sarah and Amanda were growing up, they often heard “Santa is going
to go pffft! Right over this house!” It was their Grandma
Mary's voice coming out of their Mom's mouth! And now Sarah is
channeling Grandma Mary and her threat to the next generation. I have
no doubt Virginia and Horatio will be channeling it to their children
also.
It
is so heartwarming when Christmas traditions get passed down through
the generations, and family sayings live on!
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