Elf Saves Christmas

Hello there! Are you all snuggled in and ready for a wonderful Christmas story?

It's all about a very special elf named Buddy.

You do? Oh, I'm so glad.

Okay, let's begin our magical story.

Ooh, look!

One very snowy Christmas night when everyone was fast asleep.

Santa Claus was visiting a cozy warm house.

And then, something surprising happened.

A teeny tiny baby.

Shhh, he crawled right out of his bed

and wiggled his way right into Santa's giant soft red toy sack.

Can you believe it? What a little surprise!

Well, Santa had no idea he had a little passenger.

Not until he flew all the way back to his home at the North Pole.

And what did he do?

He gave the baby a new home, right there with him.

And you know what?

The North Pole is the most magical, sparkly place you've ever seen.

Santa named the baby Buddy and he was raised by all the friendly elves.

Now, living at the North Pole means you have to know the code of the elves.

It's very important. There are three happy rules.

Rule number one, you have to love Christmas.

Rule number two, be kind to everybody.

And rule number three, sing happy songs.

And you know what? Buddy was great at all of them.

So one day, Santa sat down with Buddy and told him something really, really big.

He said, Buddy, you're real daddy.

He's a human and he lives in a city that's very, very far from here.

Oh my goodness, Buddy's eyes got so big.

He was so surprised.

Can you make a surprise face just like Buddy?

Wow, just like that.

So, what do you think Buddy did?

You got it.

He decided to go on a great big adventure to find his dad.

It was time for Buddy's big trip.

He put on his elf hat and set off to a huge, busy place called New York City.

His trip started in the chilly, chilly ocean and look who he met, a friendly Narwhal.

The Narwhal waved his tail and said, Bye-bye Buddy, good luck.

Can you wave by by to the Narwhal?

Next, Buddy walked through a forest, but it wasn't a regular forest.

The trees were giant, swirly, whirly candy canes.

Can you imagine?

Everything must have smelled so yummy and sweet, just like peppermint.

And then hop, hop, hop, he hopped across the field of big, squishy gumdrops.

Red ones, green ones, yellow ones, so colorful.

It must have been like jumping on a big chewy trampoline.

So fun.

And his last stop before the city was a great big tunnel.

It was a little dark and so noisy.

All the cars were going room, room, and the buses went beep, beep, so loud.

And after all that walking and hopping and hearing all those noises,

he was there, Buddy was in New York City.

Wow, look at that.

The buildings were so tall they touched the clouds and there were bright lights everywhere.

It was a whole new kind of magic.

Buddy had the best time exploring the big city.

He met lots of new people and made friends right away.

And look, he found one of those spinning doors.

He went round and round and round in the worldly twirly door.

Wee!

That looks like so much fun.

You know, Buddy thought one of the big stores needed a little more Christmas spirit.

So what does he do?

He worked all night long.

He cut out pretty paper snowflakes.

He hung up shiny, sparkly ribbons, and he put up so many twinkly, blinky lights.

He made the whole store look magical, just for Santa.

While he was there, Buddy made a very special friend named Jovi.

And Jovi showed him something amazing, the biggest Christmas tree in the whole city.

It was covered in lights that twinkled like little stars.

It was so, so beautiful.

But on Christmas Eve, something went wrong.

Oh no, it was a really big problem.

And it had to do with Santa's sleigh.

Santa's sleigh fell right out of the sky and landed in a big park.

And it couldn't fly anymore.

You see, Santa's sleigh needs something special to fly.

It needs Christmas cheer.

That's all the happy, joyful feelings people have at Christmas.

But there just wasn't enough cheer to make the sleigh mow.

Oh my, everyone was getting so worried.

How would Santa deliver all the presents?

But wait, Buddy's new friend, Jovi.

She remembered something.

She remembered something really important, Buddy told her.

I think, I think she has an idea.

Jovi remembered the code of the elves, and she knew exactly which rule would help.

She said it nice and loud for everyone.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.

That's it.

Singing.

Of course, it was time for everyone to sing and save Christmas.

So Jovi started to sing a pretty Christmas Carol.

And then another person started singing and another.

Soon, everyone was singing together.

Even Buddy's dad joined in.

And listen, as they sang, the sleigh started to shake and wiggle.

The magic was starting to work.

All that beautiful singing made so much Christmas cheer.

And then, whoosh!

Santa's sleigh lifted up, up and flew right into the night sky.

Look at it, go!

Hurray!

Everybody saved Christmas!

And all because of Buddy and his big, happy heart,

everyone had the most wonderful Merry Christmas ever.

The end.

Thanks for listening to our story.

Merry Christmas, little one.