Santa Claus

Santa Claus

-Mom, Mom!-

-What's the matter with you, Valentina?, Why do you scream?-

-Because when you do gym with the headphones on you do not hear anything! - shouted the girl, not more than 4 years, while she, getting off the treadmill, took off the helmets.

-All right, my sweet, what do you want?- I ask tenderly to his only daughter.

-How does Papa Noel to get to our house if we do not have a fireplace?- Asked the girl, and then, pointing to her doll added -Miss Pegui does not understand- implying that the one who had the doubt was the doll, not her. Which is perfectly logical and easy to understand, everyone knows that rag dolls are not very intelligent.

-Well, Miss Peguy- said the mother, following the girl's play, -enters the window- and I smile at them both.

Valentina stood meditating for a few seconds. Then, taking his wrist to his ear, as if listening to what she was saying

-Mother!- She shouted at the top of his voice.

- and now why you scream ?. I do not have the headphones on.-

-Ups. The custom- apologized ashamed and then added- "Miss Pegui asks how does Papa Noel to get here in a colotero?" I ask intrigued how Papa Noel could get to the luxurious Pent-house where the two lived alone in the Floor 45

"Well, in your magic car, pulled by the reindeer, have not you seen it on the screen?"

"Yes, I do, the one who does not know is Miss Pegui- and then as if remembering - surely she's been distracted when we saw her-

-Jeje, if sure that was it .- nodded the mother- but, come on, let's stop playing and go to the garden that is late for me to get to the office-

Already in the back seat of the car, on the way to kindergarten Valentina, with her wrist, they kept on turning the subject

-Mama- screamed again

-Valentine, I told you not to yell at me when I drive! -the mother challenged her, while she took a call from the boozer

-Mama Does Santa Claus also go to the gym? Because you will not notice

"Give me a minute, I'll call you back." He asked who had called. She knew that when she got something into her head, it was best to attend to her. There was no point in ignoring her

"If daughter, if she goes, only fatten for the holidays, and that is wrong," he countered, stating that he saw with evil eyes the subliminal message that was in the stereotype of Santa Claus.

- or that all the rest of the year is thin ma? - said the girl, who obviously had its attention placed elsewhere.

"That's Valentina," I said, trying to see that she was distracting the child.

"Look Mom, Papa Noel," said the girl pointing to a vagabond who was pushing a grocery cart, which had gone down the street, to dodge the construction machines blocking the sidewalk.

This one, seeing the girl looking at him, approached the car asking for a coin.

The mother looked out the window, the man's face, thin, with abundant white hair and beard like Santa Claus and dressed in a red shirt and trousers of the same color, evidently clothes of charity

"Good morning, Santa Claus," Valentina said, standing up on the seat so she could shake his hand.

Horrified, the mother made her sit down.

"No, sir, it's not Santa Claus, since when does Santa Claus beg for alms?"

"Since his law firm left me in bankruptcy," was the answer he received from the man, as he advanced with traffic.

"No, Mom, it's Santa Claus, look how it flew," the girl shouted, staring out the back glass.

Indeed, astonished she saw in the rear mirror as the man and his car flew by. Of course he did not see the micro that had stopped in front of her.

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-Quiet lady, the girl is fine and you do not seem to have anything serious- the lifeguard said after releasing her from the airbag- we just took them to the hospital for control-

"And Santa?" She asked, slightly dazed.

The dressers looked puzzled and did not say anything, maybe if it hurt.

A few meters back and up, the firefighters tried to free the poor tramp that had been hooked by the cable of a crane while passing by.

Omar R. La Rosa

@ytusarg

Córdoba - Argentina

December 26, 2018