A Collection Of Mrs. Claus Christmas Stories

I wish it was longer. Very good story line picked up after the other story lines. Different story from one I grew up with, but very enjoyable. This amazing 5 star short story is a unique version on the tale of Santa Claus! This is not just a happy happy fairy tale that one smiles all the way through, it is a larger view of Good vs Evil in the World. There is a gathering at the North Pole of all the eligible she-wolf shifters, of the world because the eldest son of Santa is coming of age to take his rightful place as new Santa but needs to select his life's mate who will be the next Mrs Claus!

Oh, this is very important to everyone besides the Kringle Family and the Elves, because the Christmas Magic is all mixed up in the Santa, his mate, their union and that can affect the Christmas Magic Benefits for the World.

Of course as usual in any happy time when there is a good thing happening in this world there are men, in this case other wolves, yes they too are shifters have plans to kill Santa's heir! Then, knowing the Santa Magic Lore of Christmas, they know his second son would be next in line and kill him, so they could confront and take out the current Santa Claus thereby stealing his magic and taking the title of Santa Claus as their own. These wicked shifters from Europe, had a very wicked wish indeed, they not only wanted to do just this but they intended to kill off all things about Santa, and get rid of Christmas, make people forget they had ever heard of Christmas Magic!

So, in her novella J.

Nice holiday read and worth it. To have been more detailed would have only been SPOILER material, and I tried to leave as much of this new unique take on the familiar mythical tale, as was possible! Hope some of Santa's Christmas Magic falls on you, all! I like Christmas stories, so I picked up this novella from J.

Hendricks looking for something fresh. Santa and company are wolf shifters to hide their identity from the world while Santa makes toys at the North Pole. Santa's first born son is about to become the new Santa and must choose a "Mrs. Claus" from the royal wolf packs in hopes of continuing the Christmas magic. However, there are bad wolf packs that don't want the new Santa to reign and are out to kill him.

Okay, so this is definitely a "teen" read in scope and voice.

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Because it is a novella it is short, and story sequences are choppy without a smooth transition from one scene to the next. As I mentioned earlier, Santa and company are wolves and this story has some violent moments that I have a difficult time visualizing as a 'Christmas' story. No this story is not for little kids who expect Santa to be jolly, gentle, and kind to all children. I don't know who is responsible for the cover art, but it is gorgeous and one of the reasons I chose to read the book. Note I received this story for participating in a multi-author contest and joining the author's newsletter.

This was an entertaining beginning to. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have to say I was surprised by the idea that Santa is actually an arctic wolf shifter- but I have to say that it was a cool idea. This was an entertaining beginning to, what I assume will be, an even more entertaining series. The premise was interesting and it seemed like a lot of thought went into the conflict that will add depth to the series.

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Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride. A toe-tapping story about children and fairies dancing under the shade of the Christmas tree.

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Claus is the narrator of this poem by the author best known for America the Beautiful. A children's take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol , Alcott shares a delightful story from a young girl's point of view. During this season where pantries are full of goodies, here's a charming story about a little girl's compassion for a mouse who learns the difference between stealing and giving. What will the parents do when their children get "stuck" in Christmas holiday costumes and become the characters they were only pretending to be?

A word of caution: The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express. Set during the Revolutionary War, a family anxiously awaits their captain-father's return after the surprise Christmas Day attack crossing the Delaware River. A Russian tale of an old lady who got lost on her way to visit the Christ Child.

Legend has it, she's still looking, and delivering presents on her way.

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Claus steadies the reindeer while Santa goes about his work descending chimneys to deliver gifts. She begs Santa to permit her to descend a chimney. Santa grudingly grants her request and she descends a chimney to mend a poor child's tattered stocking and to fill it with gifts. Once the task is completed, the Clauses return to their Arctic home. At the end of the poem, Mrs.

Claus remarks that she is the "gladdest of the glad" because she has had her "own sweet will". Claus has been generally depicted in media as a fairly heavy-set, kindly, white-haired elderly female baking cookies somewhere in the background of the Santa Claus mythos. She sometimes assists in toy production, and oversees Santa's elves. It is worth noting that, when not portrayed as white-haired or elderly, she is often shown to have red hair.

This could be because red hair is the color that most commonly fades to white with age. Her reappearance in popular media in the s began with the children's book How Mrs. Claus is commonly seen in cartoons, on greeting cards, in knick-knacks such as Christmas tree ornaments, dolls, and salt and pepper shakers, in storybooks, in seasonal school plays and pageants, in parades, in department store "Santa Lands" as a character adjacent to the throned Santa Claus, in television programs, and live action and animated films that deal with Christmas and the world of Santa Claus. Her personality tends to be fairly consistent; she is usually seen as a calm, kind, and patient woman, often in contrast to Santa himself, who can be prone to acting too exuberant.

Claus has appeared as a secondary character in children's books about Santa Claus and as the main character in titles about herself. She assists him, and thus becomes a wanted fugitive herself with Kringle and his confederates. In light of this sacrifice, Jessica and Santa soon fall in love with each other, and marry in the nearby forest. Claus played a large role, as she attempts to show Santa who wishes to stay home that year for Christmas when he feels no one appreciates or believes in him anymore that there's still some Christmas spirit left in the world. The lady was also portrayed in a television musical, Mrs.

Neglected by her husband, she goes to New York in , and gets involved in agitating for women's rights and against child labor in toy manufacturing. Of course, she gets to learn how "Santa misses Mrs. Claus", as the sentimental song lyrics have it. She goes by the name of Anna. In this story her name is Nancy and she is a powerful vampiress who, angry that Santa leaves most of the work for her, turns him into a vampire so she can take a break which is about the six or seventh time she's done so , when she gets the idea from Mandy to try and take over the world before Billy reconciles them.

Another unusual appearance is in the Robot Chicken Christmas Special , during which, in a Dragon Ball Z parody sketch, she gains powers from the North Pole's radiation, and becomes a giant monster that Goku, Gohan, and Rudolph must destroy. Claus appears in A Chipmunk Christmas , where she buys Alvin a harmonica after he gives his old one to a sick boy.

Her identity isn't revealed until the end, when Santa returns home and she greets him.