A Christmas Tale

Before I begin telling our storybook tale this morning I want to stress that it is a "Tale" and any similarities between this story and real life are simply coincidence.  Any connection between this author, his brother and our baby sister are merely happenstance.  This is just a seasonal story that I hoped you might enjoy.

Our story begins with two young brothers. The brothers were almost twins, being born 11 months apart.  They were a wild pair and their dear mother had her hands full with these two boys.  They spent their hours together causing mayhem and mischief on a daily basis.

After a few years a young daughter was born into the family.  As you might expect she was the "Princess" of the family.  She was a good and sweet child unlike her two mischievous siblings.  As she got nicer and nicer the brother honed their cantankerous skills.

This being a Christmas Tale I will move on to the families holiday story.  It began the first time the Princess saw Santa.  She cried like a baby. That may be because she was a baby.  Each year followed the same pattern, she saw Santa, she cried.

Now you might hope that her brothers would show some compassion and concern for their tiny sister.  That was not the case.  Instead these evil brothers would taunt their sister by giving a Santa type wave and uttering the awful words, "Ho Ho Ho".  At which point the fearful young Princess would break down in tears.  The evil brothers would laugh and think themselves quite clever.

This torture of their tiny sister continued until one day they were caught in the act and punished by their mother.  It was clear that this treatment of their innocent sister must stop.

Now the two evil brothers understood that verbally uttering "Ho Ho Ho" was off limits.  But being the clever young fellows they were the tactics just changed.

Now the brothers would position themselves at a long distance across a room.  As soon a she would look their way they would do the Santa wave and their lips would silently mouth those terrible words, "__ __ __".  The young princess would burst into tears.

Her mother wondered why her daughter was crying but there was no explanation.

And until this very day, over 50 years past, these same two evil brothers will taunt their Princess sister in the same fashion.  They may find themselves at a family gathering or a seasonal occasion and the brothers just can't help themselves.  Their hands still wave that Santa wave and their lips still silently mouth those evil words, "___ ___ ___".

Nowdays the younger sister just shakes her head at her two immature brothers and knowingly smiles.

And as our story ends these two evil brothers and their Princess sister still love each other.

The End