UnFictional
Holiday Snow Globes
For the holidays, we're bringing you three memories, frozen in time like a snow globe tableau. A reluctant Santa Claus, a Jewish family's Christmas tree, and one holiday airport surprise.
By Bob Carlson • • 28m ListenPhoto: Tim Ellis
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3 storiesSanta!
If you shake up this first holiday snow globe, you'll find snow falling inside a bedroom, where a man is getting dressed. He's putting on pants that are about 30 sizes too big – then a red coat, a red hat, and a beard. He's Santa Claus. And, at first, being Santa is just a job for him. Until it becomes something more like a way of life.
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The next snow globe scene is set at the airport, where a chaotic mass of people is swarming an airport gate, waiting to pack into a sold-out flight from New York to Portland, Maine. Wedged somewhere in the middle, there are two people – both young men – also waiting to board.
Read the story10 minMerry Christmas?
The last holiday snow globe scene is a bit more traditional. It's a family sitting around a Christmas tree. But, upon closer inspection, something's a little off. For one thing, there's a menorah in the corner. Because, as it turns out, the family's actually Jewish. Or – mostly Jewish, anyway.
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