Simon Christmas – Lapland
Well it’s that time of year again and it hasn’t been easy. It’s been a real drag to be honest. Brian, my partner of five years and two months, has been a real help over the past few years now he’s got the hang of the ordering etc. but this year he’s being a real pain. He’s “got the flu” and has spent three days wandering around with a duvet wrapped around him, emitting wet tissues at the most crucial stage of gift acquisition and elf management. So I was rushed off my dainties, and ended up having to flog a young boy-elf for insubordination.
Now if you know me, I don’t like to dish out punishments. Famously during the summer work outing to Caracas (yes, generous I know), all the elves were having a whale of a time, then one of them commits what’s best described as assault and battery; I was the first to turn a blind eye. However, when it’s a matter of weeks before Christmas and you’ve got all the children of the world waiting for your bountiful sack to exude its cheery contents, you simply HAVE to run a tight ship.
I’m just wondering if I can keep on doing this every year forever. It’s lonely in my Grotto, and frankly it was a miracle that Brain stumbled in after being separated from one of Bruce Parry’s TV adventures. He wanted me to help him get back but I eventually persuaded him to stay here with me. I wish I hadn’t now, the ungrateful little queen.
On top of the loneliness (no, elves don’t count as company – they smell odd, and are generally racists) there’s the sheer hassle of my job. Think of how much work your Christmas shopping is, and then multiply it by billions. That’s what it’s like being Simon Christmas (or, Santa or whatever you lot call me).
There, now do you pity me? Around four billion presents every year and growing.
I’m thinking of retiring to Greece, and ditching my red furry robes for a grey thong, so deal with it.
