This little ditty came to me this morning. It is set in my A New Life universe, which is set in Dot's M.Y.T.H. universe. I didn't let it sit or edit it too heavily, so there are probably some errors.

"This is embarrassing!" Jimmy complained.

'Awwwww, come on! There are boy elves, too. Rudolph's best friend was a boy elf," Vicky replied.

"It's still embarrassing!"

Vicky, Linda, and Cindy had all used their North American Kitsune shapeshifting ability to make themselves into cute little four foot tall elves, complete with red and green clothes with white fur trim, curly toed shoes, striped tights, and Santa hats.

Jimmy's clothes were similar, but the colors were mostly reversed, and the cut was a little more masculine -- but equally elvish. He had used magic to reshape his body.

Cindy giggled. "Quit complaining. You get to be taller than us."

"Yeah, four foot two. Thanks a bunch."

Vicky put the finishing touches on his costume. "There! All done. Now, how about making yourself useful and go check on the reindeer."

As a nature mage, Jimmy didn't really need to go outside to check on his charges. Still, it was a chance to get away from the estrogen overload produced by a bunch of North American Kitsunes busily putting the finishing touches on the decorations.

Outside, he noticed that there were already several cars parked in the lot, and there were dozens of people either getting refreshments from the stand, sitting around one of the fires, or skating on the well prepared pond.

There were children climbing all over the sleigh that he and his father had built, and even more petting the remarkably docile reindeer.

He and his father, Mark, had gotten the reindeer fawns from some mages that they knew in the north, and had trained them to be docile enough to be petted, but it was the kitsunes' time warped dimensional pockets that allowed them to grow them in just a couple of months, real time. Once the day was over, they would go back into their very natural looking home. After what seems like a couple of weeks to them, they would be back entertaining the kids for a day.

It wasn't long before the kids noticed him. He winced as they turned and ran to him, but couldn't help but smile at their happy enthusiasm.

"Is Santa here yet?

"Are you one of his elves?"

"Can I ride a reindeer?"

"I thought the elves were all girls!"

"No, silly! Didn't you watch Rudolph?"

"Wow! I'm almost as tall as you!"

"When can we see Santa?"

"How does Santa eat all of the cookies that everybody gives him?"

"Does he give any cookies to his reindeer? I'll bet they get really hungry."

The girls peeked out the window and snickered at Jimmy's predicament. He seemed to be taking it in good grace, though, and was doing his best to answer all of the kids' questions.

While Jimmy was outside, his father Mark sat himself upon Santa's throne.

"OK, Kids, Santa is ready!" Jimmy yelled to the crowd as he headed to the door. Pandemonium ensued.

Some of the kids lined up, while others milled around. Some wrote on little slips of papers and stuffed them into the Santa's Wishes boxes.

The four elves worked hard making sure that everyone had snacks and were kept entertained while they waited in line. They even had to show the parents where to take the kids when they inevitably needed a potty break.

Jim Lupo, Cindy's and Vickie's dad, made sure that the fires were fed, both outside and in the fireplace. He kept the snack bar stocked, and generally ran around keeping things in order. When he had a few spare minutes, he took his turn behind the camera.

But there was one sad little girl with a worried looking daddy and a very tired looking mommy sitting on a bench and waiting for the crowd to thin out.

There was a sad looking teenage boy trying to keep his younger siblings in line. When Vickie walked over to give them some treats, she caught a familiar smell. She chatted with him for a minute, then asked for his contact information. "We have a special prize for you and the kids."

The printer was busy spitting out picture after picture, and the computer was busy emailing pictures and posting to social media.

Santa gave his best jolly laugh and asked, "What would you like for Christmas?"

"I... I just want mommy to feel better. That's all I want."

Mark looked up and could, through his nature mage senses, see the cancer eating away at the little girl's mom. He gave her a hug and said, "I'll pray really hard for your mom." Then he whispered, "I'm sure she'll get better."

He beckoned the parents over. "I want to get a family shot. Can you sit with Santa?"

The parents looked a little embarrassed, but came over. With the little girl on his lap, he had the parents, one on each side, huddle in close to their little girl.

Cindy snapped at least a dozen pictures. This gave Mark time to use his nature mage powers to set the cancerous cells to self-destruct over the next month. It was exacting work, and took a lot out of him, but it was worth it.

After three weekends of helping to add joy to Christmas, the Lupo and Jenson families busily used their talents and resources to make sure that the kids with parents who couldn't afford a nice Christmas got one, anyhow.

They emptied the Santa's Wishes boxes one last time so that they could either let the parents know what their kids wanted, or provide the gifts themselves.

They gave presents and food baskets to the local churches, whose members made sure that they all got to the intended recipients. They also donated food to the churches so that they could cook Christmas dinners for their members and guests.

Meanwhile, the money that some of the parents insisted on putting into the Christmas Wish boxes were divided among the churches.

Jim, Linda, Vickie, and Cindy drove to the foster home one last time to pick up their new charges. The foster parents were getting ready to retire, so Jim had no problem using his contacts to expedite the fostering of Tom, along with Karen, Lucy, and Matthew, his little siblings.

"I would tell you that magic is real and that I'm a werewolf and they're all foxes, but you wouldn't believe me, would you?"

Karen, Lucy, and Matthew said, "We believe you!"

They all giggled, and Tom gave a good imitation of a fish, when their new family shifted to their three-quarter forms.

Cindy went to Tom and said, "You're a were, too. I need to bite you to make it happen, though. Can I do that?"

Tom looked a little taken aback. Then, after a little while, he smiled and bared his neck.

"Your shoulder will be better," she said. Then she bit him.

She smiled. "You're going to be a kitty -- a lynx, to be exact. And you're going to be a girl!"

Tom looked a little perplexed, then a wide smile slowly spread on his face.

Dear Santa

Thank you for praying for my mommy! She is getting better. The doctors say that it is a miracle. Daddy is smiling again.

She was starting to get sicker after we saw you, but she started to get better after a while. Nobody knows how it happened but I know! I try to tell them but they just smile but they look like they don't believe me.

But I know you did it and I love you very much for giving me my mommy back!

Love bunches!
Lucy

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