Last December, my 4-year-old daughter and I were riding the commuter rail into Boston for a visit with Santa. As we were waiting for the train, she asked me, "What if Santa gets sick on Christmas?" I replied, "Don't worry, Santa won't get sick." She wasn't convinced, and as the trip went on she asked the question several times. As we were pulling into Back Bay, she asked again. I said, "What makes you think Santa is going to get sick?" Because, she replied, he gives "colds" to all the girls and boys who are bad.
Lisa Belenardo
Medfield
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I was in Coolidge Corner looking for wrapping paper for a birthday gift. At Walgreens I found pretty paper with the letters "H-A-P-P-Y H-A" going around the roll. "Perfect," I thought. When I got home, I realized it didn't say "HAPPY HAPPY" but "HAPPY HANUKKAH." I took it back for a refund. I told the clerk I didn't need the paper because we don't celebrate Hanukkah. He looked at me and asked, "Would you like to?" I laughed and said that with three children, I had enough on my plate just celebrating Christmas.
Virginia A. Smith
Brookline
