A Christmas Story

When we were kids, we loved for my Daddy to tell us the story about one Christmas Eve when he was about six years old. He and his younger brother, Joe, were in bed and supposed to be going to sleep. But as most kids are on Christmas Eve, they were too excited, and having a hard time settling down. When all of a sudden they heard a knock at the door. They heard their mom go to the door and say, "Hey Santa. Let me go check and see if the boys are asleep." They hear their mom coming, and my Dad said, "Joe, make out (pretend) like you're asleep." She opens their bedroom door and asks, "Russell, are you asleep?" Dad doesn't make a sound. Then she asks, "Joe, are you asleep?" "YEP!" he proudly proclaims. So she goes back and tells Santa that he'll have to come back later. We laughed every time he would tell us that story, and now we are sharing it with our children and they get a kick out of it too.