Christmas at the North Pole Continued
The continuing story from 2018 with all the new photo additions, taken to help turn it into a book.....
Out For Delivery
Meanwhile Santa was busy making his rounds….
and enjoying some treats of his own. Many homes had put out cookies and milk for him He usually just took a few cookies and stuffed them in his pockets to enjoy later, because the last thing he needed was a sugar high, especially tonight,
but occasionally when someone had put out something special, he’d take a short break and sit down to actually enjoy one or two.
And then off he'd go again....
He’d be as quiet as he could be, but sometimes he’d get caught by a child who had stayed awake all night waiting to see if there really was a Santa Claus.
Then he’d stop and chat for a few minutes
before tucking the child in and continuing on his way.
As a result, it was a very long night, and it was starting to get light already, when there was just one more house on his list. Once he’d dropped off the gifts, he’d be done for another year …
the Morning After
It was early Christmas morning when Santa got back to the North Pole.
He was totally exhausted … and had a splitting headache.
Narae had been waiting up for him....
and helped him off with his coat.
He sat down and put his feet up... and Narae got him an ice pack.
the Clean Up Crew
Narae was about to offer her Grandfather a warm blanket
Just as Winston and Willie came in.
The elves had been partying all night, and were still asleep. Cinnamon never even made it to her bed, and was asleep in a chair.
But the place was a total dump. So, Willie and Winston had decided to get up early and clean up the place before Santa came home,
but they were too late, he was already back.
Narae signalled to them to do it quietly,
as Santa had a bad headache.
Winston and Willie had brought brooms, and they started sweeping.
"What a mess!" whispered Willie.
“Well, it was quite some party last night!” commented Winston.
Ringo
Ringo was the first of the elves to wake up, and wanted to be helpful, so he started to clear the table by stacking all the dirty dishes.
He noticed several slices of cake that looked like they hadn’t even been touched last night. He hadn’t had breakfast yet, and the cake looked mighty tempting.
So, he sat down and helped himself to some.
Snowball came over. He hadn’t had breakfast yet either. “You want some too boy?”
And he started offering Snowball all the plates that still had leftovers on them.
so he could lick them clean....
Almost Done
Willie and Winston were busy sweeping, cleaning up the mess on the floor,
and Narae came over to help them for a bit.
Ringo was concerned about Santa, so Narae went to check on her grandfather,
but his headache wasn't getting much better.
"I think I'm getting way too old to pull these all-nighters!!" he sighed.
Cinnamon woke with a sore stomach.
"Me too!!" she groaned.
"Me too!!" she groaned.
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