Evie and Liam were looking outside the window . It was Christmas eve and they were hoping to see Santa Claus riding by in his sleigh with the reindeers galloping through the snow in the sky .

“Evie , Liam , time for bed. Santa won’t come unless you go to sleep!” called out their Mum.

After hearing this the pair raced upstairs , brushed their teeth and climbed into bed . Liam had a dream that he would meet Mr Claus and get 10,000 racing cars from him . Evie’s dream was more like a nightmare . Her nightmare was that if she didn’t sleep the ghost of Freezenberg would bring misery to her life!.

“COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!!” crowed the cockerel. Evie yawned and gently woke Liam up. The pair rushed downstairs to find their parents sitting on the sofa.

“I am afraid we have some bad news”, said their Dad sadly. “Santa is missing, Not even one child has got a present!” continued their mother. The house fell silent.

Evie broke the silence by saying “Well, in that case we better open our other presents!”

“I wish we got something from Santa!” said Liam, while the two were ripping the wrapping paper off the presents from their family and friends.

Then her Dad said “Its bit dusty near the chimney and I’d better sweep it now before the family arrives for the Christmas lunch.”

So Dad rose up from the sofa and quickly walked to gather his cleaning gadgets.

But as Dad approached the chimney he saw a big fat figure in the Chimney that said “HO! HO! HO!”.

“SANTA CLAUS!!!”, said Dad astonished.

“What are you doing in my CHIMNEY?” Santa now saw the Dad looking at him with eyes wide open.

“At last, Someone found me”, said Santa Claus,

“I could use some help lad!”, he continued.

So Dad grabbed Santa’s hand and heaved him out of the chimney after carefully removing the wooden grill he put up there to avoid birds coming in.

“What happened?” asked the whole family

“Well I was going down your chimney to deliver your children’s presents and I got stuck! Also I didn’t get to deliver to anyone this year!”

“Don’t worry Mr Claus, Let’s just say you had a day off!, I wont tell anyone, you can go back to the North Pole”, said Dad.

“Thanks Mate, Now I better go get my reindeer, G’day!”

After saying that Mr Christmas stomped off with a grim sad face, leaving Dad to sweep the chimney which was all a mess now.

The children exclaimed that it won’t happen next year and Santa will be careful so that all kids will get their presents.

THE END.