Help Save Santa!

I remember Christmases past, being up until 2am
assembling dragster stips, motocross tracks, bicycles...
And of course playing with ray guns, yo yos and
slinkies... only to test of course that they work.
One year playing Super Nintendo until almost DAWN.
JUST to see if the parts are working.

We all turn into Tim the toolman Taylor.
No matter *what* I do.... SANTA always brings gifts
that have to be ASSEMBLED.

Sanda doesn't just want cookies and milk anymore.
When *I* was a kid, Santa wanted Cherry Liqueur and
date squares. Now it seems he wants a Molson and a
whole tin of cashew nuts. The old guy is *really *
developing some expensive tastes. I don't think
he even feeds the reindeer the carrots we leave out
either. There's like, a chunk bitten out, and we
invariably find chewed carrot in the garbage in the
morning. As IF Rudolf would spit it out in the garbage!

I remember trying desperately to stay awake, to hear
Santa rummaging around. I hope to God my kids don't.
Santa, in the past years, has developed a certain...
clumsiness, not to mention a vocabularly to make a
sailor blush. Tripping over parcels in the dark,
spouting a few high pitched yet whispered words
because having the lights on would only encourage
small eyes to peer from yonder bedrooms.

Santa decks the halls with gaily wrapped little
chocolates, over-stuffed stockings, bags, parcels
and the like. Someone has to tell him to hide the battery
wrappings deeper in the garbage bin however.

Telltale signs of just how inept he is becoming seems
to be everywhere lately.

Price tags left on swiftly wrapped parcels? I thought
they were built at the North Pole. Are the elves
becoming disgruntled? Is it a plot to destroy Jolly
Ole Saint Nick's reputation? I tell you, there's
little worse than a disgruntled elf.

I heard about a recent emailing the elves *allegedly*
distribute.... *bad* words censored out of course....
"Santa's Helpers Instigate Terror" Union.
I won't say how they shorten that. You figure it out.
This was the alleged report:

"HO HO censored HO
What a crock of S@#T
We all work for Santa Claus
We've had enough
We quit
We do all the censored work
While he stars in the show
Stick your Christmas up your ... butt
HO HO censored HO"

*shiver*

We need to maintain not only the well-being of Santa,
but the emotional stability of his faithful servants.
Besides the traditional snack for Santa and his
trusty reindeer...leave a small envelope with either
the short form of the elves Union name
(without letting the children see of course)
or clearly marked "Dave", (curious similarity, I know) with a small donation for their cause.

Do it before they start some GOD AWFUL rumour that
Santa doesn't exist!

Take me home!
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