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 há uma conclusão óbvia a se fazer depois desta montanha de evidências: nossa família era muito estranha e esquisita até para que o Papai Noel nos visitasse, e meus pobres pais tentavam nos proteger da vergonha, desta humilhação da rejeição pelo Papai Noel, que era alegre. Mas, admitamos, bastante crítico.