My dad actually always used a slightly different version that implied a little less breaking and entering...
[When your four-year-old daughter witnesses you literally having to kill a man because they broke in to try and kidnap her (and then you get temporarily held on suspicion of murder), YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE SAID DAUGHTER BY TELLING HER STORIES ABOUT A MAN SLIDING DOWN THE CHIMNEY.]
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My dad actually always used a slightly different version that implied a little less breaking and entering...
[When your four-year-old daughter witnesses you literally having to kill a man because they broke in to try and kidnap her (and then you get temporarily held on suspicion of murder), YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE SAID DAUGHTER BY TELLING HER STORIES ABOUT A MAN SLIDING DOWN THE CHIMNEY.]
But hell yeah. Break out the jingle bells.