"Have you met Jack Frost!
Do you stop at
traffic lights?
Are you afraid of h-h-heights?"
Poor Santa! He has no idea he is being watched. After all, children are supposed to be tucked in and sound asleep before he makes his appearance. The child who greets him is astonished to find Santa leaving gifts in their room.
There are so many things to be learned if one actually has a chance to ask Santa questions that need answers. It takes no time at all to get right to it. Wondering if Santa has read the letter they wrote, wiped his shoes, wants to meet the child's fish or likes the taste of gingerbread is only the beginning. While readers never have a chance to hear what Santa's answers might be, they certainly have opportunity to think about the questions they could ask should they have the same chance meeting as the narrator of this entertaining tale does.
The visit is not contained to the child's house. The two also go up to the roof to visit with the reindeer and have a quick flight to penguin territory, where they wonder about being lost. Returning to the city, they are able to catch a ride on the roof of a double-decker bus as snow falls softly around them. Very quickly, they are back home to leave a gift for Mrs. Mouse, before making a reindeer run to Santa's home in the land of polar bears and elves.
A final question leaves readers pondering their own answer.
Sure to be a perfect jumping-off place for inquisitive and eager children to dream up some of their own questions should they encounter Santa on Christmas Eve. Warm, joyous, and full of wit and charm.
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