"It was a huge room full of something fibrous, hair straw, who could tell? but there was no mistake in the next room, spectacles hundreds or thousands...of pairs of spectacles,Some people went quite white, I retained my composure as I am sure my Grandfather did in his time as around us people struggled."My family was here," said one and another, "That might be my families hair." My Grandfather was here," I told Carla. quietly."I thought so." she replied, "My Fathers Father also." The guide. She didn’t say or do anything while we skated and then it was time to head to the party. I put my skates in my locker and retrieved the bag with Kat’s gifts.The meeting room we were in was decorated with gold and blue streamers and balloons, a large Swedish flag, and a big sign saying ‘Happy birthday Katt’ with pictures of cats and kittens around the letters. I had always assumed her name was spelled ‘Kat’ for her name, but spelling it ‘Katt’ implied a nickname, given that was the Swedish word. His assignment was in London and the city had changed a lot from the last time he had been outside the North Pole factory and settled down in the human environment like some alien from another planet, or, at least another country. That was not so unusual in today’s London where so many residents spoke another language at home and they had originated in different cultures that didn’t even understand the true meaning of Christmas or why Santa existed in the first place.If the Elves had ever. I continued my conversation, glancing up furtively occasionally, but at no moment did she acknowledge me or look in my direction. Slowly though, she shifted, so that every so often my view would get better. My conversation companions were oblivious, they did not have the same angle of vision and in any case they were entertained talking about this and that. I finished my meal and went to fetch a new plate with some pieces of fruit, seizing the occasion to adjust my bench so that my viewpoint.