Christmas Day

This morning I woke up with a smile on my face! It’s Christmas Day! I knew Santa must have remembered to fill my stocking!

So I hurried over to the fireplace, and sure enough, my old red stocking looked much bigger than it had when I hung it up there last night. I felt just like a child again, and excitedly took it down to see what Santa had brought me this year!

I got an orange, an apple, a shiny blue cup, and best of all - a big flashlight! Just like the ones the Scotland Yard detectives use! It’s big, but will for sure come in handy when I have to patrol in the dark. Santa sure is nice to always remember us all on Christmas! Thank you Santa!




This year we decided to do something to thank Santa. It was Paddy’s idea, but Elvira right away started dancing and twirling! Which of course meant she approved of the idea! I also thought it was a fine idea! Poor old Santa hurries around to all the houses every Christmas to bring us presents, and he never gets anything in return. It just doesn’t seem fair, does it?
So Paddy decided this year we would invite Santa to our annual Christmas party. Wasn’t that a great idea?

The problem was just how do you go about inviting Santa? We didn’t have any way to contact him. Of course one of us could have stayed up very late last night, and waited for him to come, and invited him to the party then. But everyone knows you’re not allowed to be awake when Santa comes!

So we all sat down, and tried to write him a letter. Elvira said she was too nervous to hold the pen, so I should write it. Paddy also said I should write it. He insisted it was my duty, as a police officer. But of course he just said that because he hates writing. He’s hands aren’t very good at holding the pen, and he always makes a mess with the ink. When we were in school that always got him in trouble with the teacher. But I didn’t want to remind him of that. So I agree to write the letter - if Paddy and Elvira helped me.
We finally came up with this:

Dear Santa,
Thank you for always bringing us such fine gifts.
We would be honoured if you would come to our Christmas party this year. It’s held at the Bear House in Toytown at 7 pm.
From
TeddyCop, Paddy and Elvira.

Last night before going to bed I attached the letter to my stocking with a safety pin. This morning it was gone, so Santa must have found it! Isn’t that exciting? I do hope he’ll come to our party tonight. It would be so much fun to get to meet him! Can you imagine Santa Claus dancing around the Christmas tree? I’m not sure if I can. But I hope he will. After working all night, he deserves to have some fun.

After having a nice Christmas breakfast (porridge with a lot of honey), I went over to my Mama’s house. Mama Teddy was of course in the kitchen, preparing for our Christmas lunch. She always goes completely overboard at Christmas, cooking enough to feed a whole town of Teddies! So we all end up eating Christmas food for a month - which of course is just fine by me! I love Christmas food! Grandpa Teddy was sitting in his big chair, reading the news paper - as usual! He sure loves reading about what goes on in Toytown. He says it saves him the trouble of going outside and actually talk to people! Grandpa can be very grumpy, but he has a good heart!
“Come here, Little Teddy” he called to me when I came into the room. (He still calls me Little Teddy, even though I’m all grown up now, and a police officer!). “You got your picture in the newspaper!”. I thought he had gone mad, but I really was in the newspaper. They wrote a story about how I solved the mystery of the disappearing bread last week, and had a picture of me with the happy baker! It sure made me feel proud, and Grandpa looked mighty proud too!

Grandma Teddy was running back and forth from the kitchen, filling the goodie table with cookies and candy, as well as fruits and nuts. It sure looked yummy! But I learned a long time ago we’re not allowed to touch any of it until after lunch. So I just looked at it for a while.
Then there was a loud knock on the door, and in came my aunt and uncle - and all ten cousins! Things sure got loud after that, but as Mama and Grandma brought out all the Christmas food and we sat down around the table we had a very nice time. Nothing like good food and good company to make for a lovely Christmas meal!

We ate for hours, and then we played all our usual Christmas games. It was a wonderful day! As always on Christmas, time goes by very quickly, and soon it was time to go over to the Bear House for the Christmas party! This year I was looking forward to it more than ever, thinking that maybe, just maybe, Santa might be there. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful surprise for everyone?