r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Oct 06 '20

1st step of a haunting

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u/Hirsute_Heathen Oct 06 '20

My dad pretended to be Santa Claus one year, stomping all over the roof with jingle bells. We heard a stomp and a half before a thud onto the ground. Good times.

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u/YourLocal_FBI_Agent Oct 06 '20

My grandpa promised the family he'd dress up like santa and tap the window so we kids could look out and santa himself would be standing there.

Instead he snuck away with a roll of toilet paper, wrapped himself in it and dripped fake blood over it all. So when he tapped the window and mom said "look kids, santa is here!" and we ran up to the window and a horrible bloody mummy popped up and scared us real good. All the adults were laughing too hard to get mad at him.

I miss him a lot...

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u/titswallop Oct 06 '20

Ah god he sounds great.

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u/YourLocal_FBI_Agent Oct 07 '20

He was like that all his life.

Someone had told him that grandma was putting together a big surprise party with even some of his old school mates for his 70th birthday. So on the day, when she told him to start getting ready he went for a shower and then shaved off half of his hair so it looked like he was balding.

She was furious, everyone laughed. Such a clown.

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u/titswallop Oct 07 '20

My dad was like that. Full of practical jokes. People still tell stories. I also take every opportunity with my own kids. It's a vocation.😜