Tape 2: A Christmas letter
What does Santa bring? And Grandma's goose egg
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That is the end.
The boys are asked what they want from Santa, and Todd has some very emphatic opinions about a ball. Rose explains that Grandma tripped on the little step between the kitchen and dining room and got a goose-egg bump on her head, but waved it off. Kirby keeps handing Grandma a giant stuffed bear, and there is a harmonica recital by Todd.
This story is part of Tape 2. You can hear it there at 7:29, along with everything around it.
What Agnes says
Words in light grey italics were hard to hear, so they may not be exact.
What does Santa bring you, Kirby? Say toys. Okay, he says that he's going to bring us toys. Say Santa give me toys. Say Santa give me toys. Give me toys. Say it right here, okay?
That's going to be the toys. Tell Aunt Chris what you want for Christmas, Todd.
You want what? A ball head has a mad face.
She can't understand you when you talk too fast. She can't understand you when you talk too fast, you're in a mad ball.
Are you dancing around in the nude curve? My ball. Your ball. Your ball. No, it's the mom. Okay. What? I'll see you on. Oh, it's my turn? Yep. Well, I kind of just got them being really upset because I came in from outside and Grandma had been watching the boys and there's that lip in between the kitchen and the dining room and Grandma didn't see it and she tripped and fell down and she's got a knob on her head about the size of a goose egg, scared the heck out of me when I came in and she just acted like no big deal, you know,
look at my head, nothing happened. I just about fainted. so we got her sitting with some ice on her head and kids are climbing on her and raising cane here and she seems to be handling it all really good Kirby keeps giving her a 50 -pound stuffed bear and sitting it in her lap and then trying to crawl up there this is Todd's recital here Todd's going to give him the music oh yeah Oh, yeah.
You got a...
Herbie's just nuggling in next to Grandma here. That's enough... There. That's enough harmonica. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's hear it now. Let's hear the... Herbie's just muggling in next to Grandma here. I want to nugger. He's the nicest boy.
And you too. I'll have to take a picture. I'll have to take a picture of Grandma. with the bear and the boys and the goose egg. The bear. So we'll send this one to you. It should be a good one.