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    When Santa Claus Died
    When Santa Claus Died
    When Santa Claus Died
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    When Santa Claus Died

    By Ray Daley

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    Imagine being the person chosen to catalogue the passing of Santa. Go behind the scenes of Santa's Workshop, find out what Elves are REALLY like? Who will deliver your presents now?

    Read on and find out! (Contains swearing, definitely NOT for kids!)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateDec 16, 2016
    ISBN9781370376643
    When Santa Claus Died
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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      When Santa Claus Died - Ray Daley

      When Santa Claus Died

      Raymond Daley

      Copyright 8/4/2015 by Raymond Daley

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      It was a little after eight AM local time. August the eighth. A Thursday. But not like any previous Thursday.

      The morning shift had mostly finished having breakfast. Elves* were now quietly making their way towards The Workshop.

      (*Did I forget to mention this was The North Pole? Home of Santa's Workshop? Okay. Presence of Elves explained, major confusion avoided. Are you back on track now? Good.)

      Because on this particular Thursday, Santa Claus died.

      Oh, sorry. Weren't you expecting that? It's the kind of news, there's no easy way to break it. Quick, and straight to the point. Like ripping a band-aid

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