Friday, December 30, 2005

Christmas Memories - Margalit

OK, so here's part II of the game - a bit late 'cos UM came to visit yesterday...

I got 28 memories! Thanks guys! You can find them all here. It was an idea I picked up from Oldoldlady and was taken up by all sorts including dawn and wendy. And then I made it bigger!

At my Crazie Christmas Party the other night, I had each adult give me a number between 1 and 28. So there are 6 memories!
These are the memories that I have now recalled and will tell you about - at one a day :-)

First up is number 6
Margalit said...
Do you remember the time Old Uncle Frank, the uncle that always was a bit too tipsy on every holiday, decided to dress up as Santa and tried to go down the chimney to surprise all us kids. Surprise us he did, by getting so wedged into the chimney that the fire department had to haul his ass out by crane.


oh yeah, I remember that well!



Me and Margalit went to bed fine and early on Christmas Eve, so as Santa would have us on his Good Girl List! We lay in the dark, looking at the twinkling stars through the window, aching to hear sleigh bells.
'Do you hear it?' she whispered.
'Not yet' I whispered back, feeling all excited as only a child can on Christmas Eve.
Then there it was - a gentle tinkling of bells, and the sound of footfalls on the roof. We gazed at the ceiling with huge eyes, Margalit praying for the Barbie house and me wishing for my new silver bike.
'Don't be silly' Margalit said. 'How's he gonna get a bike down the chimney?'
'Must be magic' I said firmly. 'He brought Uisce one last year!'
The bells died away and the footfalls quietened. There were a few thumps and bumps, then silence. I deduced the thumps and bumps was my new silver bike.
We lay silently, and slowly, ever so slowly, our little girl eyes closed to the images of christmas trees and dancing sugarplum fairies.

The next morning, Margalit and I were, surprisingly, not the first up. Aunt Edna was in the kitchen on the telephone. My mum and dad were looking anxiously around the house, inside and out. There was no breakfast ready, and worse! no gifts from Santa! No Barbie house for Margalit and no new silver bike for me.
'Yes, officer' said Aunt Edna. 'He was here last night. He was...' she caught sight of us two girls in our pyjamas. '...responsible for guiding Santa to our house.'
We were aghast! Not only no presents from Santa, but no Uncle Frank either! What on earth was happening this Christmas Morn?
We looked in all the cupboards and in all the rooms - no sign of Uncle Frank.
We wandered through the house, calling his name.
Suddenly, we heard something, very faint. A voice calling 'Edna! Edna!' We hunted high and low, but the voice was loudest in the living room, near the fire. We peeked into the grate and turned our little faces upward to peer into the chimney.
'Found him!' we yelled.

Half an hour later, Uncle Frank was carefully winched to safety by the local fire brigade. Margalit and I watched open-mouthed as the big man was lowered to the ground, still gripping a sack in one hand and a bottle of Wild Turkey in the other. His red suit was tattered and the white beard dangled from one ear.
He was black from head to foot, except his eyes which were red! Needless to say, the bottle was empty.
We gave him some water, then some nice hot coffee to help him recover. Meanwhile, dad took the sack and laid it by the tree.

I peeked in the sack. Sure enough, there were two gifts - one marked cq and one marked Margalit. But something wasn't quite right.

'Uncle Frank!' I yelled, stomping into the kitchen while he rinsed his face in the sink.
'yes cq, honey?' he asked wearily.

'where's my new silver bike!?!'

cq

16 comments:

Kim said...

hehe~ Uncles are awesome. Merry Christmas to you and your famiy and Happy New Year! Found you via Michele

kenju said...

Fun memories, CQ! Where are the others?

Michele sent me today!

craziequeen said...

Hey kim - in reality I don't have any uncles....or aunts...or cousins....so I'm not up on 'iuncles' :-)

Hi Judy! One a day - works out at almost a week's worth of blogging :-)

cq

Jamie said...

Hee. Nobody in my family ever tried something like this. Although there was a Santa Claus at a Christmas party my grandma took me when I was three and I was dead afraid of him. I learned to love him and his present-bringing habits in later years. And still do.

Michele sent me.

utenzi said...

Michele sent me, CrazyQueen.

This is an... interesting idea for a series of blog posts. I didn't really understand your intent when you did the original post. I hope this doesn't strain your creativity too much, CQ. Good luck with the next one!

craziequeen said...

utenzi - I love writing stories and the shorter the better. Even better, someone else has given me the ideas!
This wasn't my original intent, but it's a good way of using people's ideas, giving them links and 'spreading the blogword'!
Call in again, Dave, and see how it shakes down :-)

cq

Joe said...

Very good post!

Here via Michele.

Chatty said...

Thanks for FFAFing today! I did comment on it. LOL


Michele sent me.

Anonymous said...

Here from Michele's place and realizing I forget what I told you I remembered about us. hahaha.

Anonymous said...

Here via Michele's. What a wonderful idea this was! I need to come back and spend more time on your blog! But meanwhile, Happy Happy New Year to you!

The June Cleaver Diaries said...

Happy New Year, Crazie!

BTW, I had to change my link, d/t almost being Dooced. Also, I found the ring! Do I tell Hubby, or have him buy a new one, as per your suggestion?

---So Not Martha

OldLady Of The Hills said...

What a great continuation of the Christmas Memory!!! Love this CQ!

Sorry I am bit late here..got interupted 3 times..!
Anyway..Here from Michele today, but would be coming on over on my own, anyway!

Can't wait to read the rest...!

craziequeen said...

oh, I'll link your new link.....

does that make sense!

Glad you found your ring, sweetie. Maybe you could tell him *and* prod him towards a nice new one (maybe with stones?) for New Years :-)

cq

Lazy Daisy said...

Thanks for the visit today...via Michele...great idea, well done! Happy New Year! Lazy Daisy

Julie said...

How funny! I came here from Michele's Meet n Greet! I can't believe I've never been here before! :o)
Hope you have a wonderful New Years!

http://simplymylife.blogspirit.com

Anonymous said...

Love the way you have continued this! Here via Michele