This is a true story.
It may not be a feel-good Christmas tale but it did happen last week to a good friend.
She had to work late on a bitterly cold night. When she got out to her car, all four doors were frozen shut. She eventually managed to bang the right rear door open and climb in.
Her next move was to hang over the seat and pound on the driver's-side door until it opened. A Christmas miracle right there, I'd say.
In a stroke of luck her car started up. But the fun wasn't over. The wipers were frozen to the windshield. What else could go wrong?
You guessed it. The defroster didn't start working until she had reached her neighborhood and was almost home. Fortunately she doesn't live too far from her job.
Home sweet home? Well, almost. A rod in a gate that opens a fence that surrounds her driveway was frozen shut. She needed to defrost it and fast. She was freezing!
She kicked in the back door until it opened and was able to get some hot water to pour on the latch. Her hand got wet and froze to the metal! Finally our heroine was able to open the gate.
After she was snug inside, she started wrapping presents. And you guessed it, she ran out of tape. So the wrapping had to wait a day. To quote her text: "You can't make this stuff up."
How did your last few days before Christmas go? Mine were fairly frantic, as usual.
But definitely not anything like my friend's unfortunate account.
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