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Have you seen the book, "Santa's Twin" by Dean Koontz (the horror genre writer). It's a great favorite at our house. It's about Santa's evil twin brother "Bob", who overpowers Santa, locks him up and then heads out in the sleigh to do mischief and mayhem on Christmas eve.
An excerpt:
He prowls the downstairs -- wicked, mean--
looking to cause yet one more bad scene.
When he sees the presents under the tree,
he says, "Time for a gift-swapping spree!
I'll take out all the really good stuff,
then box up dead fish, cat poop, and fluff.
"In the morning these kiddies will find
coffee grounds, peach pits, orange rinds,
old stones, mud pies, and rotton potatoes,
hairballs, dead fish, and spoiled tomatoes.
Instead of nice sweaters, games, and toys,
they'll get slimy sticky stuff that annoys."
But, fear not, all is well. He's foiled by two brave little girls whose house he is trashing. They tie him up, free Santa and they all head out to undo Bob's wickedness. In
In the spirit of Christmas I must add that Bob, to his credit, repents of his evil ways.
It was a great favorite of my granddaughter, who still wanted it read to her into her teens.
An excerpt:
He prowls the downstairs -- wicked, mean--
looking to cause yet one more bad scene.
When he sees the presents under the tree,
he says, "Time for a gift-swapping spree!
I'll take out all the really good stuff,
then box up dead fish, cat poop, and fluff.
"In the morning these kiddies will find
coffee grounds, peach pits, orange rinds,
old stones, mud pies, and rotton potatoes,
hairballs, dead fish, and spoiled tomatoes.
Instead of nice sweaters, games, and toys,
they'll get slimy sticky stuff that annoys."
But, fear not, all is well. He's foiled by two brave little girls whose house he is trashing. They tie him up, free Santa and they all head out to undo Bob's wickedness. In
In the spirit of Christmas I must add that Bob, to his credit, repents of his evil ways.
It was a great favorite of my granddaughter, who still wanted it read to her into her teens.
