LL-L "Holidays" 2007.12.07 (08) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  07 December 2007 - Volume 08
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Holidays

Wes, you old rascal,

I very much enjoyed your description of the Anti-Claus: Santa Fang, the
antipodean antithesis of the jolly old man most of us were made to
anticipate (unless we were Jewish, in which case we of course anticipated
the Hanukkah Armadillo so ably portrayed in the American sitcom *Friends* by
Ross when he tried to warm his estranged son's heart to his paternal Mosaic
heritage but all the costume rental place had left was an armadillo outfit).

Wes, I hope you don't mind that I ran your engaging story by three friends
and a grocery store checkout person (who reported having been tailgated by
Santa Claus in a Jaguar earlier in the day). It may please you to know that
all four of these persons approved (unless they thought I was not only
insane but also dangerous and would have said anything to get rid of me).

Of course I had to gild the lily. (How could I have failed to do so?) I
proposed instead of "Santa Fangs" the name "Santa Jaws." Not only does this
rhyme with the counterpart's name but it also goes with the emergence and
disappearance of the Anti-Claus via a sink's or bathtub's drain (or was it
perhaps the toilet?).

I took a quick survey, and the result is two for "Fangs" and two for "Jaws."

At any rate, I suggest we quickly trademark or copyright the respective
names, because I smell the makings of a dark (goth?) children's book.

Cheerio!
Reinhard/Ron

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