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"He must be Santa Claus!" Nidhi concluded.

"Don't be silly. Santa only leaves the North Pole on Christmas eve." Payal
retorted.

"But doesn't he look like Santa?" Nidhi persisted. "Plus he has an unusual
accent."

"Okay fine Nidhi, we'll call him Santa. You are such a baby" Suresh rolled
his eyes.

"I may be the youngest and the shortest, but I am not a baby." Nidhi glared
at Suresh.

"Stop fighting you two. Lets focus on what is going on there." Rahul
pointed towards Uh-Oh's house.

But nothing interesting was visible from the mango tree since Santa and his
son went inside. So the kids got bored and started munching on some crisp
green kairis. Then suddenly Nidhi noticed the most astonishing thing. Uh-
Oh hugged Santa and his son as they exited his house. The sight surprised
her so much, she almost fell off the tree. She screamed for help, as she
precariously held on to one of the lower branches.

While her friends tried to help, Santa walked up to the tree and easily
caught the little girl and gently put her down. "Thank you Santa." Nidhi
hugged her saviour in relief.

"Santa!" The jolly man exclaimed. "Are you hallucinating?

Nidhi blushed. "But you look like Santa, and you did not tell us your name,
did you?" One by one the other kids jumped out of the tree.

"No. I am sorry. I am Santa Singh, so you really weren't far off." The burly
man chortled.

Payal giggled and turned to Akshay. "Did he treat you well? We were so
afraid he would fling you out of the house."

"Oh! He is nice. He is sad, but nice." Akshay said looking at his shoes.

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