We're well established in our morning routine. Sophie shrieks. Angus gets up. A quick tour of the garden then off to the bakers for the morning croissants and a cup of coffee. Sophie scurries up and down the ramp into the back of the car as if she's been doing it all her life.
The animated bears in the supermarket Santas grotto have had a malfunction. The smaller mechanical bears go through their routine of swaying backwards and forwards unhindered. The larger bear peering out of the log cabin has somehow become misaligned and got its paw stuck in a window. This has caused it to topple over. It now squirms around on the inside. At the end of each cycle the bear bangs its head against the door frame three times. This surely can't be what the store Christmas decorators had in mind. The sort of mechanical trauma that could scar a toddlers memory for life.
Christmas is a time of the year when artisanal retailers set up their stalls in the empty recesses of the shopping centre. This morning a man selling wooden flowers in gaudy colours makes an appearance.
Inside the supermarket a group of old age pensioners are standing in front of the American section of the exotic foods aisle. 'Newmans' Salad Dressing has caught their eye. There were six bottles but the seniors only leave one behind as they proceed with their Christmas shopping. The power of name recognition.
Christmas song 14. Something bracing : https://youtu.be/D9xJEiD8HTo?t=6
7 comments:
I hope the pensioners are happy with their purchases - at least they didn't go for the Marshmallow Fluff.
That poor head-banging mechanical bear does sound a distressing sight.
I wonder if the pensioners bought the bottles of dressing as a well intentioned "exotic" Christmas gift? How happy, or confused, might the recipient be!
As long as the recipients don't think it's shampoo all should be fine !
Hari OM
Never mind the toddlers - the YAMster is now concerned for the mis-mechanicals of that bear! Rousing rendition for the angels... YAM xx
So glad the ramp is working so well for Sophie! Yay! The wooden flowers are gaudy, indeed. Hope the bear gets fixed!
Angus, it is not a ramp. Sophie is doing a catwalk/runway like the Diva she is! That bear description made me laugh out loud. Thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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