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Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere One day, I thought that if I became Santa Claus in the warm season, I had to feel like I was in some southern hemisphere country that had Christmas in the warm season. It was spring, and I became Santa Claus in the vacant lot near the ocean through which the train passed. I was the Santa Claus whom you could glimpse from the train window, but could not look back and gaze at. The glimpse of me was the event that would linger in your mind, because of its momentary impression. I thought it would be wonderful if someone from Latin America or Australia was on the train, and catching a glimpse of me as Santa Claus, remembered Christmas at home in the warm season. I picked up garbage in the vacant lot. This Santa Claus in the spring held blue bags that were filled with discarded things. Sometimes I think about Columbus. He tried to reach India, but he discovered America. What can my “Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere” discover? |