{"id":5745,"date":"2011-12-24T07:55:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:08:47","slug":"saturday-24th-december-2011-santa-is-packed-and-ready-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2011\/12\/24\/saturday-24th-december-2011-santa-is-packed-and-ready-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 24th December 2011 – Santa is packed and ready to fly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve been logging on to NORAD tracks Santa http:\/\/www.noradsanta.org\/en\/<\/a> to prove to Ari that it really is happening. It was all very well but I found myself getting caught up playing \u2018Elf toss\u2019 and forgot what I was there for. Ari is at that innocent stage of amazement that Santa would take the trouble to visit every little dog around the world. I thought it best not to spoil it by telling him about all the poor abused dogs who may not get anything this Christmas and those that live rough in packs without so much as a human to snuggle up with. He\u2019s a bit young to have to take on the problems of the world just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On condition I didn\u2019t say a word I was allowed to see Aristotle\u2019s Christmas presents<\/p>\n\n\n

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yesterday. You know me. I wouldn\u2019t blab, not to Ari anyway. He\u2019s got some really cool stuff and the best bit is I know he\u2019ll want to share it all with me. We\u2019ve got toys. Not just toys you fetch or play tug with, but the best types of toys that give you food. They are all about initiative and if you get it right you get a treat. We\u2019re made. I\u2019m good at working out anything if there is food to be had and if all else fails you simply apply enough force to get to the food. Job done. Of course that really only applies as a last resort as if you do that the food cannot be restocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t believe how warm it is this year. It seems sad not to have snow for Christmas but it does make life easier and there are no broken ribs this year. I\u2019ve been tasked with reminding my mistress to collect the turkey. It\u2019s a fairly safe bet that I will remember where food is concerned. I wouldn\u2019t want to miss out on our turkey now would I? I\u2019m not actually allowed to do the collection for fear the turkey didn\u2019t make it back in one piece, but I am allowed to do the reminding. I\u2019m also allowed to get my Mistress up early tomorrow morning so that she can put it in the oven. I pointed out that getting up early was more Aristotle\u2019s department but apparently at only nearly 14 weeks old he\u2019s not so hot at telling the time yet and we could find ourselves getting up at any hour of day or night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll even admit to being a little bit excited. It always adds to the excitement having a youngster around in the house. I\u2019ve told Ari so many stories about his presents not coming if he isn\u2019t asleep that he\u2019s said he wants to go to bed at 8pm this evening and he promises not to make a murmur until morning. If nothing else I should have reserved myself an evening of peace and quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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