Dear Santa....

[Pharlo]

A little boy wants a bicycle for Chrismas. He tells his mother, his father, both sets of grandparents and anyone else whom he thought might possibly get him the bike. He wasn’t quite sure if there was a Santa Claus or not, so he decided to hedge his bets and send a letter to Santa – just in case. He sits down with a pencil and a pad of paper and begins to write:

Dear Santa,
I’ve been a very good boy this year -

He stops, thinks a minute, remembers that Santa knows if he was naughty or nice - tears that sheet of paper off the pad and begins again;

Dear Santa,
I’ve been a good boy this year –

Once again, he stops, thinks a minute, shakes his head and tears off the sheet of paper and begins his letter one more time:

Dear Santa,
I’ve been a pretty good boy this year-

This time, he stops and throws the whole pad of paper in the wastebasket in disgust. He sits a few minutes thinking, then jumps up, goes tearing out of the house, and runs the three blocks to a local church where a nativity scene is on display outside. He runs up to the nativity set, grabs the statue of Mary, and runs home with it. He takes the statue up to his room, throws it under his bed, pulls the pad of paper out of the wastebasket and begins a new letter:

Dear God,
If you ever want to see your mother again……







If you're anything like me, it'll probably be a while before you can drive by a nativity scene in front of a chruch and not smile....