Jolly Old Saint Nicholas December 23, 2011
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Now, before you get your tree-hugging panties in a wad, let me explain . . .
We DO use cloth napkins for all but the messiest meals, but Jolly Old Saint Nicholas needed something to do over the holidays.
For rather obvious reasons, we didn’t trust him with our chocolate stash or Christmas cookies. So we asked if he could hold paper napkins for guests . . . while standing on his head.
He thought not.
Seeing our disappointment, he conjectured that he could guard the napkins while doing a split.
Well, to make a long story short, the spry little guy is S~T~U~C~K.
The Elves are on the way, but we don’t know if he”ll be unstuck in time to make his appointed rounds on Christmas Eve.
We’ll keep you posted on his progress.
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way
Don’t you tell a single soul what I’m going to say
Christmas Eve is coming soon, now you dear old man
Whisper what you’ll bring to me. Tell me if you can.
Spirit Lights The Way 
I am thoroughly enjoying your Christmas postings. What fun. How cute. Creative. Crafty. What a hoot! 🙂
Thanks, Cecelia. This guy makes me smile . . . even if he’s neither lively, nor quick.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
I’m so enjoying your Chanukah posts . . . and look forward to the upcoming post on dreidels! 😀
Goodness. What will happen on Christmas Eve if he is still stuck?
Did he divulge his secret?
It works like beauty pageants. If Miss Whatchermacallit can’t serve for any reason . . . the runner-up takes over her duties. In this case, the runner-up is . . . The . . . The . . . The . . . The Grinch! 😛
Santa is bringing me chocolate . . . and lots of it! 😀
I envy Santa and his limber agility. 🙂
He’s quite the gymnast . . . he must be to scoot up and down chimneys all night long! 😆
I’m just so disappointed in you young lady! Kidding, we use cloth almost always, but mainly because we always forget to buy disposable ones. We’re cheapskates and forgetful!
Thanks, Greg. I appreciate your understanding, frugality, and forgetfulness. 😉
I much prefer cloth napkins . . . unless we have a whole houseful of guests.
Santa is more flexible than I am!
Same goes for me . . . Santa must do YOGA to keep so limber.
🙂
{{RIP}} . . . Oops, Santa needs a brand new set of trousers. 😳
I think you might need to get a crane and some muscle relaxers for sure. Poor poor man, he may never walk properly again.
There’s a commercial airing now where someone leaves pain relievers out for Santa . . . to relieve his persistent back ache. I can well imagine. 😉
youhave so many cute christmas things, i thing your last few posts were for the theme 😉
Thanks, Sidey. I have decided to be a bit “lazy” about this weekend’s theme . . . but while my nieces are snuggled asleep in their beds, I did add one more with a link up to the theme. Enjoy! 😉
I have two little granddaughters who will be very disappointed if Santa doesn’t make his rounds. You must do whatever it takes to unstick him. Got that???
Got it! And your granddaughters shall NOT be disappointed. The Elves arrived in due course with a can of SC-40 (like WD-40). They got Santa unstuck and he’s getting ready to make his appointed rounds.
HUZZAH!
Talk about getting your nickers in a knot. I bet Santa’s are just a little uncomfortable! What a fun presentation, Nancy.
I must admit that I enjoyed writing this “back story” about Santa’s side-splitting split. 😉
Haha, this is so cute! Love that napkin holder and Santa says, paper napkins are okay as long as we remember Santa on Christmas Eve and free him so he can make his rounds. 🙂
We’re going to leave him a slice of Grandma’s Coffee Cake . . . it’s G~O~O~D!!!
Poor old guy, he’s not as spry as he was…
I hope to be half as nimble and quick when I am as ancient as he. 😉
haha – hopefully, a little Christmas brandy oiling did the trick
He finished his appointed rounds and is now RESTING.
Aah . . . that’s better!
He is a split personality… Santa Claus and Old Nick…
Take your pick – Father Christmas or The Devil! 😉
There’s definitely a schism between the “real deal” and some of the scary sidewalk Santas I’ve seen. 😉
Hilarious!
We’ve owned this holiday napkin holder for years, and never noticed that Santa’s doing a split . . . until we took this photo.
Doesn’t say much for our powers of observation, eh? 😆
Oh you are so funny. He looks quite content to me… but what do I know! 😆
He does YOGA. He is at repose in the pose.