Obviously I don\u2019t mean the real Santa. I wouldn\u2019t like to be found criticising him in any way.<\/em> I worry that he <\/em>might leave me off his present list in retaliation. However, while we were in Belgium we bought a rather wonderful Santa decoration that has him climbing up a string of lights. In theory you put it on the outside of your house.<\/em> Then it looks as though he is climbing up to the roof. In practice we have always been too lazy to do that and he has been given pride of place in the hall, climbing up the outside of the stairs. Although why he would choose to do that when he could so easily climb up the stairs themselves certainly beats me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, this year half his lights aren\u2019t working and on further investigation there seems to be a loose or broken wire, but when it does connect it\u2019s starting to get hot. So Santa has been considered unfit to plug into an electrical socket and has had his plug cut off. Santa looks very forlorn in the dark in the hall.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You may wonder what happened to our faulty Santa. Did Mum repair it? Did Mum throw it away? Neither of those things. Mum has totally removed Santa\u2019s string of lights and he no longer has anything to climb up. Now he has to sit on a stool by the front door \u2013 oh and every so often, his head falls off!<\/p>\n\n\nTo bring you up to date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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