Sleeping Santa

Chapter 1

"Please Lord, help us have a child!" sobbed Mrs Claus as she held her head in her disbelief. Falling into her husband's arms, it was hard to disguise their despair in this time of grief. They were devastated.

"My darling wife," whispered Santa comfortingly, "Why don't you go and have a relaxing bath to soothe your worries." And with that, she trudged off into the shivering wind.

[The Narwhal tells her she will have a child]

Chapter 2

Merrily resonating with the sound of Jingle Bells, the sparkling grotto buzzed with Christmas spirit. Santa and his wife were overwhelmed with joy as they popped Champagne for the elves who were giving them gifts. No one cared for the thirteenth sugar elf who wasn't invited.

With a violent bang and a cloud of icing sugar, the party was stunned to a halt. The silence was broken with the piercing shatter of a broken glass. A trembling elf screamed in horror. The fearful guests turned to face the furious sugar elf clutching her bitter candy cane wand. As angry as a bull, the unwelcome intruder stomped towards the baby and Mrs Claus faints into Santa's fearful embrace.

[Sugar elf curses the child]

[Twelfth elf softens the curse]

Chapter 3

As the arctic sun rose, Snowflake quickly opened her beautiful blue eyes excitedly anticipating her fifteenth birthday. She leapt out of bed. Snowflake tiptoed out of her room, whilst the grotto slept, then waltzed between beams of morning sunlight, which shone through the frosty windows.

[Went up stairs]

[Met Old Jazzy Frost]

[Cut her finger on a sweet wrapper]

[Snowflake fell asleep]

Chapter 4

For 100 long years, the grotto was asleep and enclosed in a sugary dome due to the Sugar Elf's curse. Elves were out of work, turkeys went uneaten and children were without presents at Christmas.

Courageous reindeer, from across the land, heard of the crisis and tried to save the stricken grotto. Despite warnings from un-abominable snowmen, who had seen many try and fail, these brave ruminants continued to try. Each time they attempted to eat their way through the sugary prison they became hyperglycemia from the overdose of sugar and tragically died.

Chapter 5

Snowflakes were glistening in the cold and frosty sky. A young and timid reindeer arrived at the grotto.
"Look at that pathetic little twerp called Rudolph," sniggered an arrogant reindeer to his self-centred friends. "His name should be 'Rudelf' with antlers that small!" he scorned.

Despite this, Rudolph, with his bright, red nose fearlessly ignored all their taunts.

[Rudolph's nose turns the sugar dome to caramel and breaks in]

[The grotto wakes up]

[Christmas starts again and everyone in the world is happy]