A Newfangled Christmas
By Betsy Haynes
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Children all over the world believe that Santa’s magic makes every Christmas perfect. But believe it or not, Santa has had his share of trouble. Peek inside his diaries and read the amazing adventures that almost stopped Christmas from coming. Book 1 A New Fangled Christmas, Book 2 The North Pole Virus and Book3 Santa’s Stowaway.
Betsy Haynes
I've been an author most of my life. I've published 79 books, one of which was made into a Saturday morning tv series, another made into a Saturday evening tv movie. I currently teach jubenile writing for UCLA on line.
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A Newfangled Christmas - Betsy Haynes
A NEWFANGLED CHRISTMAS
By Betsy Haynes
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Betsy Haynes
Poor Santa, while making toys for his Christmas Eve deliveries, he encounters problems from start to finish. How can he and his elves learn to cope with the problems ever advancing problems is causing? How can they develop toys that today’s children will enjoy?
Chapter 1
AN OLD FASHIONED KIND OF GUY
I talk to The Missus until my tongue collapses from exhaustion. I explain every way I can that I’m just an old fashioned kind of guy. And what does it get me? A computer? I tell her that I’m not into tockniligy or takquoligy or whatever it is.
It’s technology,
she informs me. And you should be because kids certainly are.
Then she stamps her foot and gives me THE LOOK.
We’d been going round and round like that for three weeks. That’s when she brought that blasted thing home and set it on my desk. I ignored it the whole first week. Pretended it wasn’t there. Didn’t even exist. I thought maybe she would take the hint.
Huh! I should have known it would have the opposite effect. The more I ignored it, the more determined she was that I’d fire it up. I’ll fire it up,
I grumped under my breath. In the fireplace.
But I didn’t say it loud enough for her to hear.
The next week she started in on me again. Just think of all the e-mails from good boys and girls all over the world that are in your computer waiting to be read,
she would say. Then she would dab a tear away as if she felt terrible. Aren’t you ashamed? They’re telling you all the things they want--things they deserve for being so good--and you’re not even listening.
I couldn’t look her in the eye after she said that. To tell you the truth, I am a little ashamed that I’m not mechanical. Can’t even operate a can opener. I’ve always been good with my hands, though. I love to make toys and things. And I won’t kid you that I’m the best magician around. How many magicians do you know who could load all those toys into one little sleigh at sundown and get them delivered all over the world before the sun comes up the next morning. That’s not good enough for her. No, Siree! She’s a modern woman! Up with the times! Or so she says.
But this week she’s really getting to me. She’s on a hunger strike. Oh, she doesn’t call it that. She says she’s just