Monthly Archives: December 2011

Snowflakes swirled and fluttered playfully in the breezy evening air, settling down to rest on paths, streets, lawns, and rooftops.  Just enough snow settled to dust the festively decorated town in pristine white, and no more.  A full-bellied chuckle resounded high up in the air, from which vantage point the town seemed made out of gingerbread coated with confectioners’ sugar.  None of the town’s denizens heard the chuckle for they were lulled to sleep by the lullaby of the wind’s sighs and the white snow that reminded them of their soft downy pillows.  They knew, of course, that a gentle magic was coaxing them to sleep, and they gladly yielded to the magic for they knew Santa Claus was coming.  There was greater magic to be wrought on the Eve of Christmas, and Santa Claus could not work such magic observed by curious eyes. As the clock in the church steeple struck midnight, Santa Claus winked his twinkling right eye.  Time froze, or so it would appear.  He landed his sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer on a flat roof.  With a happy sigh he disembarked, his tall but rotund body covered in his traditional red-white fluffiness.  He patted
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