My parents had one of those big light-up Santas that usually stood on our front porch during the Christmas season. One year my father decided to put Santa on the roof. My younger brother & I were watching TV when we saw Dad fall past the window. He came in, holding his wrist (I will NOT describe how bad his wrist was; I still shudder). My mother was putting her coat on to take him to the hospital when she noticed a lot of red on my father’s coat collar. She started freaking out, thinking there was also a bad head injury. I looked closer at the collar…and started laughing. My brother caught on and laughed, too. Soon, even my father joined in! My mother looked ready to kill all 3 of us. I finally said, “Mom…what was the last thing you did before Dad went out on the roof?” She answered, “I touched up Santa’s coat.” “What did you use?” “Lipstick.” Then she got the joke: Dad had lipstick on his collar from Santa!
My parents had one of those big light-up Santas that usually stood on our front porch during the Christmas season. One year my father decided to put Santa on the roof. My younger brother & I were watching TV when we saw Dad fall past the window. He came in, holding his wrist (I will NOT describe how bad his wrist was; I still shudder). My mother was putting her coat on to take him to the hospital when she noticed a lot of red on my father’s coat collar. She started freaking out, thinking there was also a bad head injury. I looked closer at the collar…and started laughing. My brother caught on and laughed, too. Soon, even my father joined in! My mother looked ready to kill all 3 of us. I finally said, “Mom…what was the last thing you did before Dad went out on the roof?” She answered, “I touched up Santa’s coat.” “What did you use?” “Lipstick.” Then she got the joke: Dad had lipstick on his collar from Santa!