.. there was faint knock on my window but enough to get me off my half sleep. I woke up unsteadily and walked towards the sound and on peering through the dark glass, I came face to face with a bearded man with red and white overalls, laughing eyes and above all a muted request to let him in. On condition that the beast stays outside, I let him in. After settling into the couch which fortunately was enough for him, I asked him his purpose of visit .
Mr. Claus, as he introduced himself, had come a long way just to greet us. My first question to complete initial formalities, was "So is the traffic bad outside?" I guess his frown was enough to answer the question. I quickly added, "so where are you from." "North pole!" he replied. "You mean near Manali or north of there somewhere?." I do not want to reveal the replies which was followed a round of laughter as I was terribly embarrassed by myself.
He then patiently answered all my interview-like questions. By the way did you know that the temperature up there can be as low as -43 degrees. That's like 100 degrees less than summer in Jaipur! During the conversation, I asked him whether it is true that he has got 2 addresses, one is in Edinburgh -Scotland and the other in the pole to which he politely replied that media has it's own fiction of all fictions.
My curious self started to take over me completely, I cautiously put forth questions like where does he get the funding to gift so many toys. He replied that capitalism has it's roots in the the deepest nook of the world and he too enjoys certain vices of it. The most obvious question definitely followed, how about times such as now when the recession tornado is sweeping the world. does he manage the expectation of the uncountable kids of the world. To which he promptly replied, "But the sun is still shining, the leaves are still green in spring & North pole is still snowy..
Mr North pole left me after few more grins and I learnt from this rendezvous that myths are for real after all!
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