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I’m all wrapped.

Overheard while waiting for the elevator:

Man How you doing today, sir?

Maintenance Man Not too bad, you?

Man Not bad.

Maintenance Man That’s good, that’s what we love to hear, satisfied customers, happy clients… All ready for Santa Claus?

Man Aw, I still have all my shopping to do.

Maintenance Man Yeah, tell me about it.

Man It’s pretty normal.

Woman I’m all wrapped, I’m done! I’m wrapped.

Maintenance Man It’s pretty normal for the guys.

Man See, see, I can’t do that. When I do that - when I buy a gift, I want to give it so badly that if I actually shop early, I have do to 2 or 3 Christmasses.

Woman So do I. I start in the summer, but I keep them locked somewhere where I don’t have a key so I can’t get them out.

Man Man, I can’t do that. I buy it and go, THIS IS SO PERFECT FOR YOU.

Woman Yeah. I know. But I learned the hard way, and now I just try to be very very good with it.

Man Yeah. Discipline isn’t one of my strong points.

Woman Not mine either, but in this case it’s like - yeah, if I don’t pile them up a bit, then it’s not going to be a good Christmas for me or my son, so…

Man Yeah, I understand that.

Maintenance Man Well, guys, have a good day.

Woman You too.

Man You too, sir.

The elevator arrived and we all got on.

Man So how old is your son?

Woman Seven.

Man Seven, oh…

Woman And he JUST decided that there’s no more Santa Claus.

Man Mmmm, you see, my kids - my kids are all grown. My daughter said at one point, you know, “Dad…you’re the tooth fairy.” We didn’t quite like that. When Christmas came around, she said, “There’s no Santa Claus, is there?” And we said, well, when you stopped believing in the tooth fairy what happened? Do you really want to bet on that? If she asks us today in her thirties, we’ll tell her who was the Santa Claus.

Woman Take care!

Man Bye bye.

Young woman on the subway. Piggy hat!

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