Phoebe Cates
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I was nine years old.
It was Christmas Eve.
I was nine years old.
Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work.
A couple hours went by.
Dad wasn't home.
So Mom called the office.
No answer.
Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing.
So the police began a search.
four or five days went by either one of us could eat or sleep everything was falling apart it was snowing outside the house was freezing so i went to try to light up the fire and that's when i noticed the smell
Firemen came and broke through the chimney top.
And me and mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird.
And instead, they pulled out my father.
He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit.
He'd been climbing down the chimney on Christmas Eve.
His arms loaded with presents.
He was going to surprise us.
He slipped and broke his neck.
Died instantly.