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“If it’s just the one guard that comes to lead us away, let’s split up,” Dad decided. “I’ll go this way, you go that way.”

Sure enough, the same guard came back, alone, to lead them to the electric chair. He opened the cell and removed their leg shackles so they could walk.

“Now!” Jeff yelled. They lowered their shoulders and drove the guard into the wall, knocking the wind out of them. They then scurried down the hallway in opposite directions.

Unfortunately, the taste buds weren’t the only things Dad and Jeff had retained. Dad still had his same knees, and wasn’t able to move quickly. Less than two minutes after escaping, other guards who had heard the commotion saw him and chased him down. They hauled him to the electric chair and strapped him in.

Jeff was nowhere to be seen. Dad didn’t know if he had escaped or not. But he DID see someone he knew. Somehow, if Dad faced a certain direction, he could see back into the living room—and his wife was standing right there!

Tina had entered the basement a few minutes ago, and was confused by both the commotion on the screen and the absence of her husband and son. She picked up the remote to turn off the TV.

“Tina!” Dad yelled, as the warden prepared to throw the switch. “Hit Eject!”

Tina, still not fully realizing what was going on, or how Santa could be talking to her, pressed the Eject button. Suddenly, a beam of energy shot from the screen as before, and Dad came tumbling through the monitor, still wearing the Santa suit.

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