Santa Claus. Not the Easter Bunny, though. That's just a co-operative lie that's been perpetuated by the CIA and MI-6 for years. It's a through-back to the OSS days as a way to get the Vatican to throw in with the Allies instead of Mussolini. In one of his most important but least known roles in the war, Neville Chamberlain brokered a deal with Pope Pius XII during a secret meeting in Portugal in which The Word would be spread and celebrated via greeting cards in the US and UK for support from the church. To sweeten the pot, the British threw in a specially made top-secret classified copy of Dame Vera Lynn singing "Ave Maria" Backed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Ol' P-12 loved that record, and was buried with it in 1958, but MI-6 was forced to steal it from his tomb in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis when rumor of the record's existence started circulating amongst the intelligence community. As the world was focused on US-Soviet tensions, the timing of the intervention, known as Operation: "HEARKENING" was flawless. According to a recently declassified document penned by none other than Sir Richard Attenborough himself, a Paul Anka demo record was used to replace the Lynn-Miller recording, which is now stored at the secret warehouses of Special Branch. The B-side of the record is said to have The Andrew Sisters backed by Spike Jones' orchestra in a rare and surprisingly dulcet rendition of "Silent Night." Reports from inside the Papal Residence state that the B-Side was never as popular with the Holy See.
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Date: 2006-01-31 01:39 pm (UTC)Also, squirrels are the messengers of the gods.
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Date: 2006-01-31 01:49 pm (UTC)I should stay away from them...