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Hi maryccasey,I found your writing as part of the I write in December, January and February. Hopefully, this review will find you in good spirit.

On Title/Subject
I loved your title and it fits its content. Good luck in the contest.

General impressions
A lovely tale about Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Santa and his wife just before Christmas. You manage to give a peak view into the lives of both Santa and Mrs. Claus along with the elves and the raindeers. They were just as I imagined them to be. Character development was good, your writing style appealing and in a swift pace.

Favorite Parts
"Listen to this. 'Dear Santa,' he read, 'Thank you for my present. It was made out of paper and had cool drawings in it. Mom read it to me and told me it was something called a real book! Cool! I never got a real book before! It's like what is on my iPad but I can touch it!'"

Mrs. Claus started to grin.

Santa grabbed another letter from the pile. "Dear Santa," he read. "I know I didn't ask for a little red negligee for my wife for Christmas, but she sure likes it better than the set of Ginsoo knives I requested. Thanks for giving me a VERY merry Christmas!"

A very nice touch that the wrong presents still found their way to the right place in the end. Mrs. Claus did a good job.

Suggestions
No spelling errors or grammar errors found. The end was a little bit abrupt, though, perhaps you could look into the end some more and add a line or two to make it more substantial.

Final thoughts
All in all a lovely Christmas tale. Thank you for sharing.

Keep up the good work, enjoy writing!

WakeUpAndLive