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“Well,” the boy said, “if you can’t
get her for me, can you get me some
girlfriend?”
“Look,” I said, “Santa does magic.
He doesn’t do miracles.”
All of the teenagers laughed again,
and one said, “Touché.”
From then on, the teenagers asked
for all sorts of crazy things just to see
how I would respond, and many of
them joined in the fun. The next boy
asked me for an A in math.
I didn’t even have to respond. The
boy behind him did. “That would
definitely be a miracle,” the boy said.
“And you heard what Santa said about
the fact he doesn’t do miracles.”
All of the other teens laughed. And
so went the night. In the midst of all of
the teens were the small children,
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