All I want for Christmas is for Bill O’Reilly to visit.
Seriously.
I think that’s the only way my house becomes a No Spin Zone.
As we head into the home stretch for Christmas, my six year old Dale has decided that he needs to be his own Public Relations Rep and try to enhance his standing with Santa Claus. He has asked for a LOT of toys and he’s doing what he can to prove to Santa that he’s worth all the toys. So far, he’s built a campaign that would make Hillary or Mitt proud.
First, we had the smearing of the opponent. In this case, his younger brother Eli.
“Daddy, can you talk to Santa for me?”
“Sure, buddy. What do you want me to tell him?”
“Tell him that I’ve been a good boy this year,” Dale said. “Well, I’ve been a good boy and Eli’s not been a good boy. So I should get his toys and my toys.”
“Don’t you think that would make Eli sad?”
“Yeah…” Dale said. “But I’ll let him play with them sometime.”
Fast forward two days. When it appears to Dale that smearing the opponent by itself won’t do the trick, we move into trying to put the spin on the real situation…
“Daddy, call Santa for me.”
“Why, buddy?”
“Because he needs to know I’ve been a good boy this year,” Dale said. “Well, I’ve been a good boy and when I haven’t been a good boy it’s because there was an accident.”
“So it’s not your fault when you’re a bad boy because it was an accident?”
“Yeah,” Dale said. “Except for Eli. Eli was bad on his own. But when it looked like I was a bad boy it was because there was an accident.”
Then tonight, Dale moved from making the big claims he can’t back up to trying and make the truth sound not to bad to my fiancee…
“Miss Amy?”
“Yes, Dale?”
“You need to tell Santa that I’ve been a good boy all year.”
“You’ve been a good boy all year?”
“Well, some months.”
“Some months?”
“OK, a few days,” Dale said. “But I should still get toys.”
You have no idea how hard it is not to crack a smile and laugh when he does these things.
And it confirms my worst fears for Dale. He seemed doomed to a life in politics.
Haw! I love it, thanks for sharing. Aren’t kids a hoot at Christmas time!?
I have always said that Dale will be Politician, Preacher or a used car salesman. But I don’t think a life in Politics is what God has planned?! As Dale’s mom I have higher hopes. I think that he is going to be a great Preacher!!!! I want him to talk people into Jesus! He might have a time when he will try to talk God out of it…but I believe God will hold strong and pull him in. Anything but a Politician!!!!
Well, I know you and I are going to steer him away from politics and a life as a preacher is fine by me!
It seems to me that we need some people of integrity that are answering the call into political office. It’s in these moments that he finds the answers to the tests his future holds.
Peace.
b