Think back to your childhood... all the old Christmas folklore? Remember? Santa Claus and the Christmas Bird! Come on! The story goes something like....
One night Santa Claus puts on some really snazzy clothes. He struts around his house in a cool red suit with fluffy white trim -an outfit that he got for Christmas last year. He is sure to show everyone in his family how cool and eviable his outfit is again this year. All who see his cool red outfit exclaim with delight and praise about how awesome he looks. All... but one. There is one who does not appreciate the fact that Santa has a neat outfit. This one is full of jealousy and rage that she doesn't have a red suit with fluffy white trim. She wants to wear Santa's outfit. She wants to wear Santa's outfit right now.
And thus, the Christmas Bird is born! Look how EQUALLY cool the Christmas Bird outfit is! Isn't it beautiful? Isn't it just as amazing and terrific as the Santa outfit? (Nod your head with some umphf here if you want to pull this off, people. Consider this an interactive story.)
Yes. Yes. She thinks it is just as cool. THANK GOODNESS. Perhaps we can have some peace now. Ahh... Santa and the Christmas Bird. What a great story.
I LOVE this story!! It is right up there was "Twas the Night Before Christmas". You should totally write a book.
ReplyDeleteAh, the Christmas Bird. A time-treasured tradition. How I love to sit by the fire and tell the tale of how the Christmas Bird came to be....
ReplyDeleteIt all started with a backyard, an unidentified bird (possibly a turkey), and some online purchases.....