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Santa's Vacation
by Jenica Hawkins
Santa was having problems. He kept telling the Elves "careful!" or "put that over there." And "careful! That's for Alicia, she's been awfully good this year!" But it was a bad day for the Elves because they accidentally broke things. And it was only 2 weeks from Christmas!!! What could Santa do??? Then he got an idea!
He grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil and wrote down names of people that could substitute for him. Here is his list: The New Year's baby, Cupid, the Leprechaun, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. The New Year's baby was getting warmed up for his boxing championship, and Cupid would get too cold. Santa was afraid the Leprechaun would hide all of the presents instead of delivering them, and the Tooth Fairy was too small to handle the bigger presents.
The Easter Bunny came over the next day. Santa greeted him warmly and told him what to do while he was gone. Then he said goodbye and got his bags and left to catch his flight. The Easter Bunny soon met Mrs. Clause and together they played spoons. And watched the Santa Show.
The elves had better luck than when Santa had been there for some reason.
Mrs. Clause suggested that the Easter Bunny should take a few practice runs before Christmas. When the Easter Bunny practiced driving the sleigh and delivering the presents he had two problems; first, he didn't know what to leave and second, he left Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of Christmas presents. Mrs. Clause wrote a letter to Santa:
Dear Santa,
I hope you like it in Hawaii!
The Easter Bunny has been having problems.
Do you happen to have the List? (I won't be
surprised if you have it and have checked it twice!)
If you do, PLEASE send it to me.
Well, hope all is well,
Mrs. Clause
P.S. I love you, XOXO!
Next it was Santa's turn to send a letter to Mrs. Clause so he did, and he also checked for the List. It was so important because if you are Santa you don't want to give good children coals and willow switches! Also you don't want to give bad kids toys and gifts! (That would be a BIG MISTAKE!!! Believe me I know Santa does NOT want to do that again!)
Dear Mrs. Clause,
It is so nice here, almost paradise but you aren't here.
I don't seem to have the list. It is possible I left it on
the flight (Don't worry it's a private flight!).
Well I love you!
XOXOXO
Mrs. Clause and the Easter Bunny kept sending Santa postcards about the List. So Santa finally gave up and came home. Santa found the List on the private plane. He packed his bags and got in his nicest clothes and looked his best for Mrs. Clause. Then hurried home.
He was glad to be home but missed Hawaii. He thanked the Easter Bunny for coming, and said that the Easter Bunny could spend the night for his hard work, but he would have to set out for home in the morning. The next morning the Easter Bunny left with a basket of homemade cookies that Mrs. Clause made for him.
Then after breakfast Santa ... had a relaxing bubble bath! After all, he DID have a whole week before Christmas, so he could relax a little bit.
The End.