Find out why all the elves in Santa's toy workshop needed a bathroom break at the same time, and whose idea it was to start the whole North Pole Santa and toys thing in the first place (hint: not Santa). Plus, you'll meet someone you've never heard of before, and learn how he helped an opinionated flying squirrel and three elves who had been kicked out of the North Pole for unacceptable behavior break through the North Pole sky defense system and back into Santaland—all after getting lost in an Icelandic shopping mall.

By the way, who says that elves, gnomes, trolls, flying squirrels, Santa, s'mores, and North Sea Albatross can't all be in the same story?! Oh, and Scandinavian fisherfolk, too.

M. P. Morse, retired, is a former teacher, stay-at-home dad, religious books author, grocery store clerk, and hotel bellboy, among other things. Originally from a cattle and crop farm in South Dakota, he now lives in Shoreview, MN, where he feeds birds and fish and grows lots of flowers. A graduate of college, seminary, and grad school in England, he holds a PhD in intercultural theology, an offshoot of living in Europe, Japan, Thailand, and Israel. He marvels at the rich diversity of the human family and all the stories we can share.