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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: birthday to Cora, who turned four years old on December

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Speaker 1: Nevah Avy, and Everett and Charlie for your support. It's

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Speaker 1: sleep type premium subscriptions. Thank you. This story is about

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Speaker 1: a little boy who is trying to decide if he

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Speaker 1: is ready for Chriss or not. He has written his

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Speaker 1: letter to Santa and gives it to his father, who

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Speaker 1: asks him, what have you done to deserve these things?

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Speaker 1: This makes the boy sit and think about things. Let's

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Speaker 1: see what he does. Am I ready for Christmas? Written

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Speaker 1: by Raina Flowers. I sat on Dad's lap and could

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Speaker 1: hardly wait to tell him all the things I wanted.

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Speaker 1: I want a transforming car, some play Doh, of course, red, green, yellow.

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Speaker 1: Ah'll bring me the works, cars, track, legos. I need

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Speaker 1: lots and lots of building blocks, more crayon and paper

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Speaker 1: so I can write to you next year. Don't worry

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Speaker 1: about clothes, shoes, or books. Daddy and Mummy always buy

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Speaker 1: that stuff. But don't forget my robot or my gaming system. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm done. Wait, wait, wait, video games. Now I'm done. Wow,

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Speaker 1: you are giving Santa a pretty long list, said my dad.

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Speaker 1: I know, but I'm sure you can handle it. Every year,

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Speaker 1: my Dad and I practiced me sitting on Santa's lap.

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Speaker 1: I hope, so, chuckled my dad. But have you upheld

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Speaker 1: your end of the bargain? I sat there with a

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Speaker 1: puzzled look on my face. What have you done to

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Speaker 1: deserve these things? Ask Dad. I sat on the living

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Speaker 1: room floor and thought about my mourning. I jumped up

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Speaker 1: as I slid into the living room. Dad was helping

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Speaker 1: looked around and noticed the chores I had completed. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for completing your chores, son, but that's not enough for

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Speaker 1: Santa to bring you gifts. What I did everything I

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Speaker 1: and I started to cry. Santa likes people to do

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Speaker 1: things from the goodness of their hearts, not because they

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Speaker 1: want something in return, said Dad. I sat on our

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Speaker 1: all the rules about Santa had changed. When I looked up,

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Speaker 1: I noticed missus Kelly taking her groceries out of her car.

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Speaker 1: I always helped her with groceries because she lived on

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Speaker 1: the second floor. Thank you, young man, no problem, missus Kelly.

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Speaker 1: I hope Santa brings you all your heart's desires. Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 1: said missus Kelly. Under my breath, I mumbled, I doubt it.

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you, too, missus Kelly. While walking out

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Speaker 1: dropped her blanket. Without hesitation, I grabbed the blanket off

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Speaker 1: the ground and took off running down the street. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. This is her favorite blanket. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what I would have done if she would

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Speaker 1: at all, My little sister has a favorite blanket too,

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Speaker 1: I completely understand. As I walked back to my house,

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Speaker 1: I did not know why, but I was happy. I

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Speaker 1: I continued running towards my room, grabbed all the crayons

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Speaker 1: my sister. These are for you, princess. Then I kissed

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Speaker 1: her on the forehead. Time to go see Santa, announced Dad.

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Speaker 1: I looked at him with a puzzled look on my face.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. All I did was help missus Kelly

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Speaker 1: with her groceries, return a favorite blanket to a baby,

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Speaker 1: and gave my sister my crayons. Those sound like great

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Speaker 1: things to be proud about. So what would you like

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Speaker 1: for Christmas this year? I thought long and hard about

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Speaker 1: my answer, Santa, For Christmas this year, I want to

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Speaker 1: I would also like a gaming system. Please, ho ho,

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Speaker 1: You are the only one that can control your feelings.

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Speaker 1: Remember that. Also, I will talk to the elves regarding

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Speaker 1: the gaming system. Oh ho ho, Merry Christmas, young man.

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Speaker 1: Once home, I helped with the last minute decorations, dressed

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Speaker 1: When I woke up the next morning, I still felt

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Speaker 1: happy and warm inside, and I genuinely believed I was

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Speaker 1: ready for Christmas. Merry Christmas, good night, sleep tight. The