Santa’s Sunny Sports Escapade
Chapter 2- Santa’s World Before Christmas
Santa Claus, Rudolph, and Slice Jingleberry flew to Florida for sun, golf, tennis, and maybe a little pickleball.
“I keep hearing how people are playing this new game called pickleball,” said Santa to Rudolph as they traveled to the golf course one day.
“Do you play using a pickle to hit the ball?” asked Rudolph.
“No, no, no, I don’t think so,” answered Santa.
“You use a paddle and a whiffle ball,” said Slice Jingleberry as he played with his iPhone.
“How did you learn about that?” asked Santa.
“Watching Elf Echo,” answered Slice Jingleberry as he continued to be mesmerized by something playing on the screen of his iPhone.
Santa and Rudolph looked at each other and shook their heads.
“Rudolph, make sure the other elves are not watching too much Elf Echo and getting distracted from their important work,” Santa ordered
“On it,” Rudolph replied, pulling out this iPhone to call the head Elf.
Rudolph worked alongside the head elf to ensure everyone did their yearly job correctly.
When they finally arrived at the Sun Jolly Golf Course, Santa requested Albert the Pink Flamingo to caddy for them.
They all made introductions and were off in no time. It didn’t take long for Santa to find the water hole again!
“Let me see if I can just hit this ball right out of the water,” Santa said to Rudolph.
Rudolph just preyed that Santa didn’t land up on the pond! He called out for Slice Jingleberry to watch out.
Slice Jingleberry had just pulled the pin from the hole when Santa’s ball flew like Santa’s sleigh and landed right in the bunker.
“Oh no! I can’t get out of the bunker!” Santa cried. “I am awful with the sand wedge.”
Rudolph knew he was going to have to help Santa out. “Let me get you out.” Rudolph volunteered.
So Santa sat happily in the golf cart while poor Rudolph tried desperately to hit Santa’s ball out of the trap.
“Come on, Rudolph, we don’t have all year! We have Christmas Eve coming!” Santa sang jovially.
“What are you doing digging yourself to China?” asked Santa.
“I will show you a dig!” Rudolph answered, “You can dig my ball right out of your …”
“Rudolph, watch your language!” Santa said.
Rudolph finally got Santa’s golf ball out of the bunker and was done for the day. He told Santa that maybe it was time for Santa to switch sports. Santa wasn’t offended by the comment. Santa thought of himself as an all-around sportsman.
Later that afternoon, Santa went to the tennis courts to practice his tennis skills. Rudolph decided to stay back at the hotel and rest. Santa did well with his serves until one ball flew and crashed into a lady’s eggnog drink.
Santa quickly apologized and told the lovely lady that Eggnog was fatting anyway; it was good to skip it altogether. The lovely lady didn’t look happy by the comment and stormed off.
Santa decided that tennis wasn’t his game after all. When Santa returned to the hotel feeling let down, Rudolph set up a Pickleball cocktail party game with some of their reindeer friends in Florida.
Santa was thrilled by the invitation and got ready for the Pickleball Christmas party. It was a huge success. Santa really got the hang of jingle dinking all the way!
One time, though, Santa almost crashed into his Mistletoe Christmas Martini and Brie and Cheese platter. Luckily, he narrowly missed his Christmas party food and ended up having a jolly good time.
Santa decided from then on that pickleball would be one of the sports to play!
Santa had been listening to the news and decided he better check in at Wall Street and see how his investments were going.
“Rudolph, book us a flight to New York City! It’s time to see how all the suits are doing during the holidays,” said Santa
To be continued…
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Comments (1)
“What are you doing digging yourself to China?” asked Santa. Hahahhahahahahahahhahaa that made ma laugh so much! Also when Santa told the lady that eggnog is fattening and she should skip it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣