A Christmas Story

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This is one of my favorite Christmas stories of ALL time.

Once there was a little boy who couldn't wait for Christmas. His name was Matt. On Christmas Eve he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He knew that Santa was on his way and had lots of toys and goodies in his sleigh. He waited until his parents had gone to bed (after midnight) and snuck back out to the Christmas tree. It was obvious that Santa had already come. Now, being a good little boy, Matt, never thought to disturb the gifts under the tree. He knew he had to wait until 6:30 when everyone could get up. So instead of breaking the rules, this little schemer snuck over to the clock on the wall and moved it ahead four hours until it read 6:30. 6:30!!! Time to get up he shouted! Santa had been here! He ran to each room until the entire family was awake. His bleary-eyed, but accomodating parents (who felt like they had only been asleep an hour!) couldn't argue with the clock, so everyone gathered and Christmas began. Oh the joy! Presents galore and no lying in bed for hours waiting! Around 10:30 (aka 6:30am) exhaustion was starting to creep in. Somehow, somewhere, someone, discovered another clock with a different time. (apparently in the Christmas frenzy, no one noticed that it was still dark at 10:30 am) What!? That dang broken clock! The family went back to bed, overhung with Christmas joy and lack of sleep.

This story cracks me up. And Matt is still very proud of his resourcefulness at the age of ten. I commented to him that I could see Derek and Austin perpetrating such a crime someday. But they wouldn't let Zack in on it. He would probably talk them out of it or tell on them for being dishonest. Good times.

**Addendum**
Matt just informed me that it was not the family room clock he changed. IT WAS HIS PARENT'S ALARM CLOCK. He snuck into their room, crawled to his dad's night stand and changed the alarm to wake up FOUR hours early. Since the family always opened presents in the front room, where the is no clock, no one noticed for a while. John, is that how it went?