The Christmas story you never heard.
In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica, and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat, and hairy. They slide across the ice on scaly soles and carve their homes in the ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean. The elven are adapted to life in the extreme cold. They are as wise as they are ancient.
Their scientific advancements have yielded great inventions - time-stopping devices and gravitational spheres that build living snowmen and genetically-modified reindeer that leap great distances. They've even unlocked the secrets to aging. For 40,000 years, they have lived in peace.
Until now.
An elven known as The Cold One has divided his people. He's tired of their seclusion and wants to conquer the world. Only one elven stands between The Cold One and total chaos. He's white-bearded and red-coated. The Santa family will help him stop The Cold One. They will come to the aid of a legendary elven known as...Claus.
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"If you have stopped believing in Santa simply because the whole thing is just too incredible, then this is the book for you. After all, how on earth could the little fat man get around the world in one night, able to reach every kid? If you're one of those people who needs scientific proof of everything, then, here you go! Well written, fabulous tale of a guy in 1818 (your average, ordinary warmblood) who goes on an amazing adventure with his wife and son-to find the North Pole. That story alone sounds like it would make a great book, but that isn't what this one is about. This one is about what happens to them after they get there and, finding themselves in desperate circumstances, are rescued by the Elven. The Elven are in possession of technological advances that might seem like magic even to modern day eyes, let alone to someone in 1818. The story is told in a very believable, matter of fact way-and seems to answer the question, "How does he do that?" on every level. I definitely will be recommending this one to everybody I know.
Side note-There are a lot of other reviewers complaining about American slang making it's way into early 1800's Elven speech. May I remind you people that one of the first things Jessica sees after being taken in by the Elven is a Star Trekkian desk with color screen and touch pad? I just have this feeling that those 1800's Elves were watching our tv, listening to our music and listening to us talk-in OUR time. Don't nit pick, people, can't you just have a good time?"
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Jane (5 out of 5 stars)