#587 A Present for Big Saint Nick- Kurt Vonnegut
This is a funny story. Bernie was a great boxer until he lost the use of one eye. Now he was a body guard for Big Nick, the baddest gangster this side of Al Capone. Bernie is out Christmas shopping for Big Nick and his son is in tow, and he hates all the Santa’s he sees in the stores. So does the son of Big Nick’s lawyer; the kids are all taught by their parents to hate Santa.
Apparently, at Big Nick’s annual Christmas party, he gets dressed as the jolly old man, and takes each of his employees kids one by one. Before he gives them a gift, he asks them what their parents really think of Big Nick. They’ve been coached for this as well, and they each dutifully tell “Santa” how their parents would be nothing without the man.
This year, Bernie’s son slips up and everyone at the party gets the present they really want.
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