Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas everyone!

He pushes his feet in to the scuffed black boots before styling his beard with Brylcreem. Brylcreem. Like she couldn’t have been more original this year. He couldn’t wait for tomorrow when he could shave the damn thing off. Tomorrow. It seemed like such a long way off. All those houses, all those gifts, all those chimneys to get down. And those reindeer, farting in his face and pretending like they had no control. The ministry had rejected his application for a car. Again. Environmentally unfriendly they said. As though all that methane was good for the planet. Sure, there were days he thought of quitting but the perks were good. 364 days a year off. Free milk and cookies on the one day he had to work. Some would even say he was famous, not in a Paris Hilton kind of way, but still. You shouldn’t complain so much he tells himself as he settles down in the sleigh. Life could be worse. You could be the Easter Bunny.

9 comments:

Miss Frangipani said...

Santa compared to Paris Hilton. You've ruined Christmas!

:)

Have a great day!

Anonymous said...

I liked the last comparison. :-) Nice post. And merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

I liked it Shoef. Merry Christmas

Ravages/CC said...

Brilliant!
Seriously. And funnily even.

(One minor, teeny weeny nit. "Free milk and cookies on the one day he had to worked")

C

Space Bar said...

and a happy new year to you too!

Anonymous said...

could not help comparing to Harry Potter...I guess the word "ministry" and images of fireplace and floo powders did it (wink wink) :)

The Easter bunny thing was also funny...lol

Anonymous said...

heh heh. that was funny. haven't been here for a while (just reading thru feed), and the new look is nice, if a bit spooky.

Anonymous said...

Funny! LOL - liked the Brylcreem part.

New look is good:-))

Anu

Shilpa Colluru said...

Nice take!
Love the way you write!