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Idiom: The fruits of your labours
Ah, yes, the fruits of your labours.
I’m sure that on Christmas morning, Santa sits down to breakfast very satisfied with the fruits of his labours or the results of all the work that he, his eight reindeer and the elves had done during the year, ending with Santa’s sleigh ride on Christmas Eve.
The fruits of your labours are the result of hard work.
When studying hard and passing an exam, success is the fruit of your labours.
I will be doing that (not the sleigh ride, but the contentedness), and have done that every year once I finish for the year.
I suppose we all do.
We like to look back at the results of our hard work and the fruits of our labours.
It is getting towards the end of the year.
Santa will be coming to all the good little boys and girls and not to the bad little girls and boys.
Now that I think about it, Santa does come to the bad little girls and boys, but what does Santa leave for the bad girls and boys?
When I was young, he would leave a lump of coal.
Don’t ask me how I know.
I know that’s all.
These days if Santa left a lump of coal in someone’s stocking, he might be arrested and sued for environmental terrorism.
But I digress again!
I need to get back on topic here.