Monday, December 13, 2004
FOUR SHORT SCENES
Afternoon.
The girls are pummelling each other.
LZ: Girls, stop that! I can't believe what I just saw. Don't you know that Christmas is almost here? Santa Claus is watching everything you do.
The girls look around. T1 looks out the front windows. They look at each other and shrug. T2 goes up the stairs to her room, then calls down to her sister:
T2: Come up here. He can't see in our room.
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Bedtime.
T2 has a question:
T2: Can Santa see colors?
Me: What do you mean?
T1: She means can Santa see colors. Or can Santa just see gray and black and white.
Me: You mean is Santa color blind?
T2: What do you mean?
T1: She means can Santa see like a regular person or like an animal.
Me: I'm pretty sure Santa can see colors. He saw Rudolph's red nose, didn't he?
T2: But dogs can see red. Gray and red.
T1: She means, when Santa looks, he sees like a dog sees.
Me: Oh.
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Getting in the car.
T1: Daddy is Rudolph real?
Me: Everybody buckle up.
T2: She said, is Rudolph real.
Me: What do you think?
T1: I think he is real.
Me: Good. I think so too.
T2: Rudolph is not real!
T1: Yes he is. Even Daddy said so.
T2: There are no reindeers with red noses.
T1: Rudolph had a red nose and he is real.
T2: No!
The commence pummelling each other.
LZ: Girls, stop that this minute. Santa is watching.
They stop, look out the car windows, look at each other, shrug, and continue pummelling.
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First thing the next morning.
T1: Daddy, can we go to the North Pole?
Me: It's too far too drive.
T1: We could take a plane.
Me: It's very cold there.
T1: We have coats, and our new gloves.
Me: I don't think they have any hotels there. Where would we stay?
T2: She wants to go to Santa's house.
Me: I don't think Santa allows visitors. He's very busy.
T1: We could go after Christmas. Then Santa won't be busy.
Me: I wanted to go somewhere warm, with hotels, for our vacation.
T1: I just want to stay at the North Pole for a minute, then we could go on a regular vacation.
Me: It's OK with me if it's OK with Mommy. Ask her after school today, when I am at work.
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Afternoon.
The girls are pummelling each other.
LZ: Girls, stop that! I can't believe what I just saw. Don't you know that Christmas is almost here? Santa Claus is watching everything you do.
The girls look around. T1 looks out the front windows. They look at each other and shrug. T2 goes up the stairs to her room, then calls down to her sister:
T2: Come up here. He can't see in our room.
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Bedtime.
T2 has a question:
T2: Can Santa see colors?
Me: What do you mean?
T1: She means can Santa see colors. Or can Santa just see gray and black and white.
Me: You mean is Santa color blind?
T2: What do you mean?
T1: She means can Santa see like a regular person or like an animal.
Me: I'm pretty sure Santa can see colors. He saw Rudolph's red nose, didn't he?
T2: But dogs can see red. Gray and red.
T1: She means, when Santa looks, he sees like a dog sees.
Me: Oh.
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Getting in the car.
T1: Daddy is Rudolph real?
Me: Everybody buckle up.
T2: She said, is Rudolph real.
Me: What do you think?
T1: I think he is real.
Me: Good. I think so too.
T2: Rudolph is not real!
T1: Yes he is. Even Daddy said so.
T2: There are no reindeers with red noses.
T1: Rudolph had a red nose and he is real.
T2: No!
The commence pummelling each other.
LZ: Girls, stop that this minute. Santa is watching.
They stop, look out the car windows, look at each other, shrug, and continue pummelling.
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First thing the next morning.
T1: Daddy, can we go to the North Pole?
Me: It's too far too drive.
T1: We could take a plane.
Me: It's very cold there.
T1: We have coats, and our new gloves.
Me: I don't think they have any hotels there. Where would we stay?
T2: She wants to go to Santa's house.
Me: I don't think Santa allows visitors. He's very busy.
T1: We could go after Christmas. Then Santa won't be busy.
Me: I wanted to go somewhere warm, with hotels, for our vacation.
T1: I just want to stay at the North Pole for a minute, then we could go on a regular vacation.
Me: It's OK with me if it's OK with Mommy. Ask her after school today, when I am at work.
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