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mipps' first post

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hi.

the reindeer don't know i am typing this. they are hosting their haunted house -- i can hear shrieks of delight coming from the barn. i found someone's pc left on in the workshop, so i will take a wee moment to introduce myself.

i am mipps, the house mouse.

i just wanted to say h e l l o, and let you know i'll be posting too, from time to time.

i type oddly -- because i'm a mere mouse, it's impossible for me to hold down the 'shift' key, and thus all my typing will be small.

like me.

i love halloween for a different reason. i've accumulated a large number of pumpkin seeds from all the jack-o-lantern carving. i am very excited about this. this afternoon, mr and mrs claus roasted a huge batch and tonight, while they were at the haunted house, i loaded up my cupboards for the winter.

they will not miss them. trust me.

because i live within the walls at the claus house, i am privy to inside information, and that's the reason i'm writing to you tonight. i have a secret for you. mr claus is going to make cupid varsity l e a d e r this year.

[i cannot type exclamation points, or i would have put one there. maybe from now on i'll type this //. as one instead.]

that's right, varsity leader//. i overheard him talking to mrs claus about how blitzen is too cocky these days, and he's been goofing off, eating halloween candy instead of improving his speed. so when training season begins next week, mr claus will be grooming cupid for the job. she doesn't know, of course. don't tell her//.

okay, gotta scamper...i hear folks coming out of the barn. more later.

mice to meet you//. [heh heh]

xo

mipps

Cupid's First Post!

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*Hi*! My name's Cupid. I'm one of the girl reindeer on Santa's Sleigh Team. (I'm the Junior-Varsity Leader, actually.) I can tell you more about all that later, though, because right now, all I can think about is Halloween! ... Well, Halloween, ... and Harry Potter.

To be honest, I've kind of been under the branches the last few days, because I finally finished the last Harry Potter book.

I made sure that none of the other reindeer told me any secrets about the book when I was still reading it, because I wanted to experience it for myself, you know? And everyone was really great about it. (Well, everyone except stupid Blitzen, who always tried to tell me something about the book, every time I saw him. Whatever.)

Well, I finished the book. And I promise I won't ruin anything, in case you haven't read it yet! But I'll just say that it was really, really awesome. The whole series was *so* incredibly great. And the ending was perfect. I was reading the last pages while I was hanging out in my stall (my comfy bedroom). And I was kind of crying, because I just love Harry and all his friends, and I couldn't believe there aren't going to be anymore books about them, you know?

Dancer -- she's my best friend -- she was being really great about it and kept passing me tissues. But Blitzen kept teasing me. Like he's so tough or something! (... I totally saw him crying when *he* finished the book! Though he pretended he had a piece of straw stuck in his eye ... Right!)

Anyway, I'm really glad it's Halloween, because it's taking my mind off how sad I am about the end of my Harry Potter books. (I've already read all of them twice! And I can't wait to deliver presents at Hogwarts! Especially to the house elves. Lots of the elves here in Santa's Village have friends or relatives at Hogwarts.)

Anyway ... So speaking of Harry Potter and costumes... This year, I'm going as Hermione. Because she's my favorite person at Hogwarts right now. Well, ... and I'm also going as Hermione because, ... I made a big mistake last year.

Last year, I went as Hedwig. (You know, Harry's owl?) I went as Hedwig, and Donder went as a skeleton. (Even though he's kind of a spaz, Donder's actually a good friend.)

So there we were at the big Halloween party in the Village Square after all the trick-or-treating was done, and no one was talking to me! For real! ... Same thing was happening to Donder. It was like we were invisible or something.

My feelings were really hurt, so I just kept getting quieter. Meanwhile Donder just kept getting louder and spazzier. (Which was kind of embarrassing.)

It wasn't until after the party was over that Mipps explained to me what happened. (Mipps is a house-mouse here at the North Pole who knows everything.)

Mipps said that because we were dressed all in white, and white is completely camouflaged in the snow, no one could see us! (All of a sudden I was really embarrassed!) We weren't being ignored after all. We really were invisible!

So anyway, this year, I'm going as something colorful. (Or at least not all-white.) ... And if Blitzen does wind up going as a blizzard, well, ...

... I'm not going to say anything. Because, you know, ... I don't want to ruin the surprise.
::wink::

Good luck with your Halloween costumes! And I'll talk to you soon!

Love, Cupid

Comet's First Post!

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Wow -- this is SO COOL! We've got our very own WEBSITE! Santa told us this was coming, and we've all been so totally excited! But I still can't believe that I'm the one who gets to write the first post! Wow ...

HI! My name's Comet! I'm the youngest reindeer here at the North Pole!

I'm kinda nervous right now (well, and excited too). Only cuz it's always been Santa who's been the one who gets to talk to you guys. But Mr. C told us that now all of us can talk to you!

Once we found out, the reindeer took a vote and said that I should be the first one to blog! (Rudolph had to tell me what a "Blog" was, tho, cuz I thought it was some kinda monster or whatever -- y' know, cuz of Halloween and everything.) But I totally get it now. So here goes! ...

Like I said, I'm one of Santa's reindeer. And I live here at the North Pole. Santa's Village is a pretty big place with lots of cool stuff going on -- and I promise to tell you all about it! But since this is only my first post, I'll just tell you a little bit more about us reindeer, and what's goin' on right now.

OK ... So first off, all of Mr. C's reindeer spend most of our time here at The Barn, which isn't really just a barn, but that's what everyone calls it. The Barn's actually this whole big bunch of buildings and snow-fields and stuff. You'll hear more about all of that right after Halloween. Cuz that's when Training Season starts (which is MY favorite time of year)!

But right now, we're all psyched about Halloween!

We're all about Christmas here at the North Pole (I mean DUH, right?). But we also celebrate other holidays -- holidays from all over the world, actually.

Halloween's prob'ly one of the biggest events we celebrate, only cuz it's so much fun! I love all the costumes (Blitzen's talking about going as something really scary this year -- y' know, like a BLIZZARD or something. But I have NO idea how he's gonna pull that off ...) And the candy's wicked-cool, too! (Miniature peanut-butter cups are my absoLUTE favorite!) But Santa always tells us that the best part about Halloween is that it's all about people coming together -- to make costumes, have parties, go to each other's houses ... that kinda stuff.

But get THIS ... This year, the reindeer get to host the Haunted House! We've been working on transforming our Barn into the scariest, snowiest, spookiest barn ever. It's kinda our last hoorah until Training Season starts. So all the reindeer are way into it. (I'm in charge of cobwebs!)

Speakin' of, I'd better sign off. (We're having a decorating meeting today.) But like I said, I'll write more later! And other elves and animals will be posting, too. So you'll get to meet them, and hear all about what's happening up here in Santa's Village!

Santa always says "Ho Ho Ho," and *we* usually say "Be Cool!" ... But today, I'm gonna say ... "BOO!"

More soon!

-- Comet