My Aunty Joe is one of Santa’s elves.
As I was sitting on the living room floor, playing with some new toys at Aunty Joe’s house, the phone rang. While she was sitting on the couch, Aunty Joe reached over and answered it.
Well, she jumped off of the couch and said, “Yes sir, of course, sir! I will see you later on tonight at the park.” She hung up the phone, and then headed into the kitchen. Well later that day, my grandmother came and picked me up to take me back to her place.
As I was putting on my boots, I heard Aunty Joe tell my grandmother, “I will be going away for a few days, and can you watch my house? I have to head to that special place.”
As we were driving home, I ask my grandmother, “Where is Aunty Joe going?” She turned on the radio and started to sing “Here Comes Santa Claus”. She asked me to join in with her, so I did.
When we got to her place, I was still wondering about Aunty Joe. I climbed out of the SUV, and then headed into the house. I headed straight to my bedroom and lay on my bed. It did not take me long to drift off to sleep, still wondering about Aunty Joe.
I was woken up by my grandmother. She said that we had to go and that I needed to dress nice and warm as we were going to be outside for a bit, and to hurry. I got dressed in my warm clothes and my grandmother picked me up and we hurried to her SUV.
She put me into the back of her Santa Fe SUV and a few minutes later we were off heading towards the field at the community hall. I looked towards the sign and it was lit up, and Aunty Joe was standing in front of it in a red and green elf suit.
I looked at my grandmother and asked her, “What’s going on?” Before she could answer me, the next thing I saw was a man and a lady coming out of the trees arm and arm; I had to take a second look, as it was Santa and Mrs. Claus. I went running towards Aunty Joe, so I could talk to her and then talk to Santa, and then I went to give Mrs. Claus a big hug.
My grandmother asked if she could take a picture of us. Santa and Mrs. Claus said, “Sure,” and after the pictures were done, I told Santa what I wanted for Christmas.
Mrs. Claus then bent over and told Santa it was time to go. “We must take Aunty Joe back to the North Pole.”
Aunty Joe gave me a big hug and a kiss on my cheek as my grandmother called me over to her. As we started to walk back towards my grandmother’s Santa Fe, I looked back towards the sign to see them waving at me. My grandmother put me into my seat, and as she was pulling away, I looked back one last time, but they were gone. I yelled, “Grandmother, stop! Please, stop and roll back the sun roof, hurry, please.” As the roof was going back, I got out of my seat and popped my head out so I could look for Santa’s sleigh in the sky.
I did hear the sound of bells ringing and Santa yelling out, “Light the way, Rudolph! On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen, on Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen.”
I could see my Aunty Joe in the back of Santa’s sleigh, looking down at me and I waved at her and yelled, “Bye, Aunty Joe!”
I bent down into my grandmother‘s SUV, and I asked her, “When will Aunty Joe be coming back?” My grandmother said, “On Christmas Eve, my dear, on Christmas Eve.”
From Santa’s White Christmas
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