Ngaba unayo into eyimfuneko ukuba nguNkosikazi Claus?Imifanekiso kaGetty / Kaitlyn Flannagan yoMqwalaseli Ungubani? Ndibuze iwigi kwigumbi lam lokulala eManhattan.
Njengokuba bendifaka izithambiso kwigigi yam yokuqala njengendoda eyedwa UNkosikazi Claus, ndabuza ipompadour entlokweni yayo, ndinethemba lokuba inwele yayiza kundithumelela imiqondiso evela kwisithandwa sikaSanta kodwa sidekick eqhelekileyo.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo, UNksk. Claus wayeyeyona nto igqwesileyo engqondweni yam eneminyaka engama-43 ubudala. Kodwa emva kweendaba zemihla ngemihla malunga neentlekele zendalo, ukudutyulwa kwabantu abaninzi kunye nokusebenzisa gwenxa amadoda, ndaziva ndingenathemba ndandinethemba lokuba uClark Kent uza kungxama aye e-Starbucks kwaye avele ekapa. Umntu othile kwakufuneka alwe nabantu ababi ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2017.
Njengokuba iKrisimesi yayisondela, ndaye ndanamathela kwiintsomi ezithandekayo ezivela kubahlobo beqonga abadlala uSanta Claus minyaka le. Omnye umhlobo, umlingo waseConey Island, uchaze itheko leKrisimesi apho aphendula khona umntwana ongevayo ngentetho yezandla. Iindwendwe ziphantse zakholelwa ukuba ungumlingo. Omnye umdlali ukhumbula ukutyelelwa kwezibhedlele zabantwana, apho abantwana abagulayo babemwangawangisa ngeefestile kumagumbi ahlukeneyo.
Amabali abo abangela iinkumbulo zam ndihleli ethangeni likaSt.Nick xa ndandineminyaka emine ubudala. Ndiyazi ukuba zikhona iiSantas ezimbi, kodwa amava am onke ebeqinisekile.
Ukubona lo mbono wobuso bam obuncinci engqondweni yam kundenze ndanqwenela ukuba ndibenayo loo mpembelelo kubantwana banamhlanje. Ngokuqinisekileyo bafuna iqhawe elingummangaliso nelizwe esiphila kulo. Umtshana wam osana kunye nabazukulwana bam ababini bafanelwe kukuziva ngathi bangqongwe ngabantu abanobubele, abakhulisayo kubantu abadala ebutsheni babo. Xa ndicinga ukuba nguKringle, umqolo wam ubetheka.
Ungumntu wokugqibela endinokucinga ngokudlala ngaye uNkosikazi Claus, intombi endixelele yona kwigumbi lokuzilolonga, apho uninzi lweengcinga zam zokulangazelela zajika zaba ziiprojekthi zobuqu. Umceli mngeni wandonwabisa.
Ndaziqhelanisa nomntu wam ngokubonisa isinxibo sosapho lwam kuMbulelo osapho lwam eIndiana. Abatshana bam kunye nomtshana wam khange bancwine luvuyo, kodwa ababalekanga nakuloyiko. Bahleli nje bajonge. Umzala wam, umfoti oqeqeshiweyo, wabeka umva ongaphantsi kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwaye waqhawula imifanekiso eyaneleyo yokundinceda ndijoyine iqela likaNkskz. Amalungu andamkele ngokwamanani ngezimvo ezinje, Wamkelekile, dade kwaye akabonakali emnandi?
Ndakhangela kwimifanekiso yabo yeprofayile, ndonwabela ukubonakaliswa okungafaniyo kukaNkosk. Claus, umncedisi weholide ongenalo igama lokuqala. Kwakukho izaphetha zeenwele, ii-wigs ezinqatyisiweyo kunye nelokhwe ebomvu neyaluhlaza egubungele iibhulukhwe ezimhlophe zabalimi. Abanye babekhe baya nakuloo ndibano Isikolo saseCharles W. Howard Santa , iziko laseHarvard laseKringle eMidland, eMichigan, okanye Isikolo sobungcali eSanta Claus eDenver . Ngokuqinisekileyo ndandingomnye wamalungu amancinci, angenamava.
Kwi-5 yeenyawo i-intshi ye-10, ndingumdanisi weqonga lomculo wangaphambili onamazwi amakhulu kunye nokuma kukaRockette. Khange ndikwazi ukukhupha ingxelo kamakhulu kaNkskz.
Kuza kufuneka ndibenguye njengaye, ndacinga xa ndijonga iziqwenga zempahla endandizibeke ebhedini yam. Igig yam yokuqala yayifikile, umsebenzi wokuzithandela kwindawo endihlala kuyo. Ndinxibe ihempe yangaphantsi ye-thermal ende, iithayithi ezibomvu kunye ne-wig cap, ndihlalutye izinto zam.
Ukuthenga kwam okokuqala eAmazon yayinguWigson Girl wig nge $ 40. Ngokukhetha okunqongopheleko kwezinxibo ezilungele ukunxitywa ukusukela ekudakeni ukuya kuluhlaza, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba uNkosikazi uClaus abe yiplatinam blonde, njengomfazi onomtsalane oqala ukuba ngwevu. Iiglavu ezibomvu kwisinxibo sam ndithembise ngombala ngelixa ndigcina izandla zam zifudumele kubusuku obubandayo.
Ungaze ube ngumfazi ngokwam, umnwe wam wesithathu uya kubamba iringi ephume ngaphandle endiyithengileyo eChinatown nge $ 14. Ebhedini yam, ndandilindwe iblawuzi ebomvu emhlophe kunye nevesti ebomvu krwe. Isiketi sam esimde esimnyama nomhlophe esimthende sasiza kuqokelelana ngokungathi sixakekile, sindinike umfanekiso womphefumlo wezemidlalo Umhambi wexesha likaEdwardian.
Ngaphandle kwabantwana bam, ndalamkela ithuba lokuphonononga lo mlinganiswa ongumama, owaqala ukukhankanywa ngokungacacanga kumabali aphakathi kwiminyaka ye-1800. KwiThala leeNcwadi loLuntu laseNew York, ndafumana isibhengezo sowe-1948 esimbonisa njenge-nag eselusini: Qiniseka ukuba ibhegi izele yiFels-Naptha Soap, wakhuza uSanta. Ndikhethe umzekeliso wabafundileyo UNkosazana Alice Purinton , owaye enguiboniswe kwiThe New York Times ngo-1915. Eli bhinqa liselula nelinomtsalane lalongamela uyilo lwezinto zokudlala zeOfisi yePatent yaseU.S.
Ndacinga ngomnxeba endinawo noDarla Stacy Bicknell, the Dallas UNksk Claus , Iwebhusayithi yayo imbonisa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwifaskoti yemveli ukuya kwisinxibo esibomvu esimangalisayo somoya esiphefumlelwe yimovie IKrisimesi emhlophe. Kuya kufuneka ubenomgangatho okhethekileyo owamkelekileyo kuye wonke umntu, watsho ngomlingiswa.
Ndiwakhumbule la mazwi xa ndandinxibisa itheko lengingqi yam. Ndongeze idyasi yam ebomvu ye-ertyisi kwaye ndafaka isikhafu esimhlophe esimhlophe emagxeni am. Esandleni sam, ndandiphethe ibrifkheyisi yamandulo eyayigcwele iincwadi zethala leencwadi leKrisimesi, kuquka noTyelelo oluvela eSaint Nicholas nguClement Clarke Moore. UNkosikazi uClaus wayeza kuba yincwadi enomdla, njengam. 
Umbhali kwisinxibo sakhe sikaNkskz Claus.Masivote
Ndaphuma ngaphandle kwendlu yam ndaya kwindawo engaphambili apho abantwana babamelwane babedlala khona. Awuyonyani! omnye wabo wagculelwa. Ewe, yatsho enye.
Amasebe e-holly Ndandingeyonyani. Ndifuna ukuma neengalo zam, ndibaxelele ukuba ndisandula ukujoyina Ubuzalwana bamazwe aphesheya kweeSantas zoqobo , ebisandula ukuvula ubulungu kuNkskz.
Endaweni yoko, ndaqhubeka ukuya esiphelweni sebhloko, ndonwabela ukujonga kubaqhubi abothusayo. Ndaziva ngathi nguSuperman ngobusuku bokuqala bomsebenzi wakhe.
Kwaya kurhatyela. Ndikhawulezise isantya.
Kwisango lepaki, ndikhumbule iingcebiso ezivela kuEd Taylor, umseki we ISanta Claus Conservatory , liziko lemfundo elikwi-intanethi eliqeqesha ngaphezu kwamalungu e-2,000 ngokusebenzisa ii-webinars ezifundisayo. U-Kringle osisigxina obonakele kwintengiso ye Chrysler kunye ne Coca-Cola, wandixelela ukuba ndihlale ndinomnyango omkhulu: iingalo.
Ndisanda kungena ndisuka kuMntla wePole, ndikhwaze kakhulu kubantu abambalwa abasela icocoa eshushu. Yeyiphi indiza, kodwa ngoku ndilapha. Ikrismesi emnandi!
Ilizwi lam likhwaza, kodwa uninzi lwabo luvuya ngendlela echubekileyo. Umququzeleli wandixelela ukuba ndiye kuba nguNkosikazi Claus, nangona, nanjengoko le yayiyigig yam yokuqala yokwenyani, ndandingaqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba ndiza kwenza njani ngayo. Kodwa xa umntu exhume kumthi weKrisimesi ecaleni kwalapho bekufanele ukuba ndime khona ndaziva ndisekhaya. Isihlwele sama-60 sasihlanganisene. Bacule uvuyo kwihlabathi. Umoya wawutshisa ngombala nangengoma. Ndijikelezile kwaye ndaziva ndiphakamile njengokukhwela.
UNkosikazi Claus wayengene emphefumlweni wam.
Abahlobo bam ababini bakhamisa xa bendibona. Unguye ngokwenene! watsho omnye wabo.
Umapolitiki onqwenela ukubuza igama lam njengoko sasibuza imifanekiso. Nksk., Ndatsho, mnandi njenge-eggnog. Xa eziqhubayo, ndiyipelile: M-r-s isithuba sithuba. Ndihlala eNorth Pole. Wayitya wayigqiba. Abafazi bancumile.
Ndifuna ukufikelela ebantwaneni, ndahlala ebhentshini, ndikhumbula into enye endiyivileyo ngokuvakalayo kwabanye oMama uClauses ngophando lwam: Abantwana abaninzi bayoyika uSanta, kodwa baya kumfazi wakhe, obonakala ngathi ungumntu.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, inkwenkwana yahlala ecaleni kwam yandixelela ngesipho sayo esiyithandayo iKrisimesi: umpu weNerf. Ndabona indlela iinyawo zakhe ezingachukumisi ngayo emhlabeni kunye nendlela umama wakhe awakhumbula ngayo onke amaqhuqhuvana emilenze yakhe emincinci. Kunyaka olandelayo, usenokungakholelwa kum. Kulo nyaka wenze njalo. Ndambonisa iring yam from Santa. Emva koko amantombazana amabini andixelela ukuba bazakumbona umyeni wam kule veki. Mxelele ukuba lithuba lakhe lokucoca ishedyuli yeenyamakazi, ndatsho. Umama wabo wahleka. Ndicele enye inkwenkwe ukuba ivule ityesi yam. Uye wakhupha iPolar Express wandifundela yona.
Ungumfundi olungileyo, ndamxelela. Uye wasineka.
Emva kweeyure ezimbini ekhaya, ndizamile ukuzikhupha esibhakabhakeni ndangena kwiipijama zam. Bendisazi ukuba andizukulala. Ndifumene ubizo—NjengokoUmfazi kaSanta.
UAnnUVotaw ngumbhali ozimeleyo eNew York one-MA kwiMfundo yezeMpilo. Ufundisa i-yoga kunye nokuqina komzimba kubantu abadala abangama-60 nangcono.
