As Little Red travels from the Christmas shop to the North Pole, seeking Santa in hopes she can be his sleigh one day, good advice helps her discover her true purpose.

On Christmas Eve, Santa cannot find the special Christmas underwear he wears every year, and nothing else seems quite right.

When Santa falls ill and Christmas may have to be canceled, Pete the cat comes to the rescue.

Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.

Ollie has always been happy just being an elf and inventing new games for Christmas with his best friend Celia--but then the current Santa (descendent of the original) decides to retire and announces that there will be an open competition for the position of next Santa (his son Klaus is not pleased) and suddenly Ollie and the other elves are vying with the Santa children for the Big Red Suit.

When busy Santa selects the presents by peering through the windows of each house and guessing what animal lives there, the results are often unexpected. Features die-cut illustrations.

Tired of working hard by himself while Santa has a factory, elves, and reindeer, the Easter Bunny hatches a plan to get even with Santa and the ungrateful children.

"When he discovers that Santa delivers presents, Stick Dog and his friends go to great lengths to make sure Santa doesn't miss Stick Dog's pipe this holiday season"--

"A great white shark Santa brings treats to all the little shark pups in the ocean"--

Santa's in bed ill on Christmas Eve morning. Mrs. Claus launches a plan and takes over the reins.