A younger me, at a — time

when the song I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus played, always thought of how silly the idea was.

A time when a child woke to find their parents lip-locked in the living room, their father dressed in a Santa Claus outfit; their mother kissing her husband through a fake beard.

And at the same time, it’s reminiscent of childhood — of how we don’t know the truth because of some misguided spirit of Christmas — being lied to about how things really are, like how many children are lulled into a sense of safety right before their parents get divorced.