Santa’s Mind, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction

Santa’s Mind, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction
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Santa's Mind, by Mark Tulin
2/12/2019
 
I was born with special intuitive powers. Since I was a child, I knew what people wanted, what my mother needed, father, expected, and what my siblings were thinking. I could even see people doing stuff telepathically and, of course, stopped watching when they were engaging in naughty behavior.

I was anal about caring for people who were nice. I wrote down my thoughts in list form: My family needs, what friends desired, and surprises for my teachers. They were never disappointed, but when there was a falling out between me and them, all my gifts were null and void.