Hi Boys & Girls,

I am walking along a snowy path between the two workshops. I just checked in on the Elf Workshop and Nimble has everything well organized, although I couldn't seem to find those rascal boy elves Rock Tock and Cuckoo. I wonder where they are? All of the Board Games have been completed except for LUCKY DUCKS and PUPPY RACERS. I'm going to have Rock Tock and Cuckoo complete those two games by themselves when they return to the Elf Workshop because it wouldn't be fair to have the other elves do all of the work. Right now Nimble is showing the South Pole elves how to build the ELECTRONIC SLINKYS and the GEOTRAX RAILWAY SETS while Big Ben hammers out a few last minute HURRICANE COMMAND MEGAZORDS.

I just opened the door to the Elfette Workshop. A stereo is playing "Jingle Bells" and the elfette twins Sooner & Later are running all around the workshop in circles searching for something. They've got the South Pole elfettes in a dither and they're searching too. Papers are flying and toy parts and boxes are scattered all over the floor. I have never seen such a mess so close to Christmas Eve in a workshop.

"What have we lost?" I ask everyone.
Sooner looks over at me. "Cowgirl Dora's little purple cowgirl hat," she says.
"Couldn't we just make more?" I ask.
Later shakes her head. "We don't have the time," Later answers.

I look up and down the workshop. What a mess. Then I spot the corner of a purple box tucked under an AMERICAN IDOL KARAOKE SYSTEM. "What's in that purple box?" I ask and Sooner & Later rush over and open it up.

"Cowgirl Dora's purple cowgirl hat!" they both say. "Thank you, Santa!"

Well, it's a good thing I checked up on the Elfette Workshop today, don't you think?

I'll be sending you another note tomorrow from the North Pole,

xox

Santa