My husband http://danhoyt.livejournal.com/20149.html?view=18101#t18101and I are doing funny, episodic, holidays-related entries for the next month. Hope you enjoy them.
Mr. and Mrs. Gadge T. Wiggs
Elf Hollow
Dear mom and dad,
You’ll never guess what happened. Not in a million years. And I know you have more important things to do in the next million years, so I’ll just tell you:
On my first day on the job, here at the department of Fairytales And Unexpected Global Happiness, and already I’ve been given the most cutting-edge job on all of FAUGH.
You see, they are establishing — it’s very technical and probably secret — an entire project entitled SANTA — Sudden And Nifty Treats Allover — and for reasons known only to the planners, this means having a man (well, an elf, actually, but he is supposed to look like an aged homo sapiens) in a red suit, riding a sleigh, giving gifts to every child on Earth over the period of twenty four hours.
I will admit that some of what must be the exquisite beauty of the plan evade me. I’m at a loss as to why the suit must be red, or even why gifts must be distributed over one night. You’d think a steady stream over the year would be better for the economy.
However, Mr. P. Lanner tells me I’m quite wrong and at any rate, it’s none of my business. Because I was made head of my own team, and it’s the project you could say I was created to do — I’m in charge of all the engineering for the entire SANTA project,
My assignment is to find which animals would work best with the magico/kynetic field of sleigh and maximize sleigh for both speed, aerodynamics, ability to land on roofs (another of those details they didn’t explain) and above all, ability to turn back time enough with each stop that the entire world can be covered in one night.
I’ve had my underlings gather animals from all over the world. I can’t wait to start tests.
Your loving son,
WW
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