Santa’s Workshop - ebook

Way up north in Santa’s workshop, Busy elves are working
non-stop. Filling Santa’s bag with toys,
For all good girls,
And all good boys.

Dolls for Janes
and trucks for Bobbys,
Games for Jills
and trains for Robbies.
Making every wish come
true, With gifts for me,
And gifts for you.

It was a blustery cold day
at the North Pole. Mrs.
Claus was taking a piping
hot batch of Christmas
cookies out of the oven
when Elwin, Santa’s chief
elf burst into the kitchen.Something is wrong, I tell you.
Terribly, terribly wrong.
We’ re running behind schedule.
We’ve gotten more orders than
we can possibly fill and yet Santa
has never been merrier. In fact,
he just gave all the elves another
afternoon off. I tell you, Mrs. Claus,
we will never be done in time for
Christmas.

Now, now Elwin. Have we
ever been late for one single
Christmas?

Well, uh, no.

Have we ever overlooked one
single deserving child?

No . . . But Santa has never acted
this strangely before, either.On his way back to the workshop, Elwin was stopped by a
young elf.

Santa wants us all to meet him at the big warehouse. He says
he has a wonderful surprise for all of us.

I’ll bet . . . Doesn’t he realize we have work to do?

The elves all gathered at the warehouse. Santa was standing in
front of the door.

For many years now, you have all worked very hard making
toys and gifts for children all over the world. Without you elves,
Christmas would simply not be possible. So, now it is my tum
to give a gift to you.

With that, Santa threw open the warehouse door.