Anyway, when this miracle occurs Santa and the Easter Bunny get into a huge legal battle over marketing rights and sales at Macy's. While they are distracted, their roles are subversively commandeered by the crafty and wily Oranje Piet. Oranje Piet is a master of disguise and a master of the obvious. He is the younger and more handsome brother of Orange Julius. In the off-season he enjoys watching 'Dancing with the Stars'. As his orangeness attests he is obviously Dutch. He is in no way affiliated with Black Piet. This year, due to the unexpected snowfall, he donned an orange fleece and protected his floppy bunny ears with a waterproof hot/cold Trader Joe's bag. Big pimpin' track pants are a standard accessory.
So while the children are sleeping (a difficult time to predict in this household), Oranje Piet flattens himself ala Flat Stanley and slides beneath the door. He then opens the door to bring in his sacks o' goodies which do not have the same magical flattening powers. Creeping silently down the hall, he noiselessy navigates into the children's room and places a bevy of presents beneath the Chreaster Tulips. When they awaken, the children are horrified to discover an overgrown rabbit man in an oversized tea-cozy hat prancing around the coffee table. But when they oversome that horror, they do notice the gifts! Opening commences with gusto. To the outside observer, one might suppose that the objective was to preserve the wrapping paper and obliterate the contents. When all that's left is the clean-up, Oranje Piet promptly flattens beneath the door and dashes off to the next household in his Skoda wagon. Yes, Piet is sporty and thrifty!
Until next Chreaster (999 years hence), we'll miss you Oranje Piet!
