Grinch VS Santa

Since I'm neither Ebenezer Scrooge nor The Grinch, I actually showed a teeny weeny amount of Christmas spirit this past festival. I had the odd bell here, the odd star there. I even had stockings, believe it or not.

Apart from not wanting to go full bah humbug, I had to appease my family by engaging in ancient European pagan symbolism while pretending it had anything to do with the birth of a Jewish baby boy circa two thousand years ago. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Perhaps it's because of this attitude that Santa skipped my house, or maybe it's because I don't have a chimney and fireplace. I checked the stockings in the morning only to find sweet FA in there.

The cookies and milk were gone though. If you ask me, I'd point the blame finger to my gluttonous cousins, or the mice living with impunity in my house. Those same mice that apparently have the skill to eat from a mouse trap without activating it. The alternative is that Santa was trolling me, or growing senile and forgetful in his very old age.

Whatever the deal is, today is the day I'm clearing all that stuff out - boxed up for another year. I'm not going to wait till the customary 6th of January. By the way, is that just another arbitrary date or does it have to do with the real birthday of Jesus as observed by the Orthodox people?

You never know though, Steem could have mooned by next Christmas. I'd then be able to afford one of those industrial drones. I'd fly it over Lapland and the North Pole and end this Santa controversy once and for all.

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Peace and Love ✌🏿
Adé

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