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Yule tired
In early October, at a barbecue at his parents’ place, Dominic was conscripted to play Santa for the family’s Christmas epic.
“Why me?” he said.
“No reason, mate,” said his brother Joe, theatrically patting his stomach.
Everyone laughed, including Dominic’s wife, Edie.
“What’s wrong, Daddy?” the kids said on the drive home.
“He’s just tired,” Edie answered. Dominic stared intently ahead.
Back home, he went for a jog, his first in years. After two blocks, he was sweating. After four, his knees were clicking. By the sixth, he resigned himself to his fate.
He walked home, puffing hard: ho, ho, ho.
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