Sunday, December 13, 2009

Will the real spirit of Christmas please stand up?

Overheard by the dishwasher in the Brown house:

Julia: (being very 14) I'm trying to do my English project, but coloring it is so hard with my colored pencils (editor's note: they're old and bad and lame and awful)
Mom: I sure hope Santa brings you some new pencils.
Julia: (snort) I don't believe in Santa.
Lane: (mock displeasure) Weeeellll, you won't get any presents if you don't believe in the spirit of Christmas.
Julia: Spirit of Christmas? Santa's not the spirit of Christmas!
Lane: Well, now ...
Julia: Jesus is the spirit of Christmas. Santa's just some little mascot.

-- Lane Harvey Brown

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