There was only one obvious conclusion to reach from this mountain of evidence: our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit, and my poor parents were trying to protect us from the embarrassment, this humiliation of rejection by Santa, who was jolly -- but let's face it, he was also very judgmental.
Só havia uma conclusão óbvia a que chegar com esta montanha de evidências: a nossa família era demasiado estranha e esquisita para o Pai Natal nos vir visitar, e os meus pobres pais estavam a tentar proteger-nos do embaraço, da humilhação desta rejeição do Pai Natal, que era alegre mas, encaremo-lo, era também demasiado crítico.