The request itself wasn't odd for Santa Claus had received quite a few such requests over the centuries. And what a good boy he had been, never complaining and always putting the needs of others before his own. Santa Claus had felt behooved to decline the request in previous years, but the boy was of age now. For the past five years Timothy had requested the same thing. Young Timothy had just celebrated his eighteenth birthday only a couple of months prior. And each snack that had been set out for him, he ate with relish and gratitude. With each gift he laid under a Christmas tree or stuffed into a stocking hung on a mantel, his laughter grew louder and deeper. Popping in and out of each home, Santa Claus generously gave gifts according to the requests he had received throughout the year. Then he hoisted an enormous bag of gifts over his shoulder, laughed out loud "Ho! Ho! Ho!" and vanished. He patted each reindeer fondly, complimenting each on a job well done.
He patted his round belly with his beefy fingers, chuckling with his lips stretched in a wide smile, his white-bearded cheeks full and rosy. With a happy sigh he disembarked, his tall but rotund body covered in his traditional red-white fluffiness. He landed his sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer on a flat roof. There was greater magic to be wrought on the Eve of Christmas, and Santa Claus could not work such magic observed by curious eyes.Īs the clock in the church steeple struck midnight, Santa Claus winked his twinkling right eye. They knew, of course, that a gentle magic was coaxing them to sleep, and they gladly yielded to the magic for they knew Santa Claus was coming.
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