Santa Claus Has a Brand New Spaceship

Santa Claus Has a Brand New Spaceship

by John Hall

The reindeers were getting old. They were not as fast as before. Even Rudolph’s nose was not as shiny as it used to be. Every year, a million more children expected a visit from Santa. That meant a lot more stops and a lot more presents. Each year the sleigh was getting heavier and heavier. The reindeers were complaining. They were complaining all year long. Santa was getting tired of it. He needed a new solution.

Last summer, Santa made a trip further north. Yes, there is something beyond the North Pole. Santa knew about it but he had never been there. Eskimo stories mentioned a land without snow, located to the north. The legend told of tropical vegetation, large animals, large people, and a different sun than the one he occasionally saw. He had seen fast moving spaceships going in that direction. Maybe they could solve his problem.

Santa had employed more elves to handle the increased production. Maybe some of the new ones could provide information about the strange land to the north. He asked around the workshop and one of the elves had been to this area when he was younger, a few centuries ago. He agreed to lead Santa there.

On a cold day in July, Santa and his elf named Tim started walking toward the north. They walked all day and spent the night in the home of a friendly Eskimo. The next day, while walking northward, they were startled by a strange feeling around them. Suddenly, they were no longer standing on ice but were inside of a warm, shiny room. They saw two very tall beings seated in front of many panels of flashing lights.

These beings introduced themselves as members of an ancient civilization that lived inside the Earth near the North Pole. They had observed Santa and Tim moving in their direction. Since there was no place to stay during the coming night, they decided to give Santa a hand—a free ride to their underground city. Before Santa could comprehend all of this, the spaceship landed in a large, beautiful city without ice and with sunlight that seemed different. Santa and Tim were taken to the leaders of this city and welcomed by the Council. The leaders knew of Santa Claus and his love for children. They were aware of his giving attitude and all without pay. They wanted to aid Santa in him program and were willing to assist.

Santa and Tim were entertained with fascinating conversation and new types of fruits that evening. Santa had stopped briefly at Disney World in Orlando, Florida one Christmas Eve but this civilization was more fascinating than a fantasy world. This was the real world. Santa contemplated retiring many times but he could not find anyone with his love and dedication for children. Seeing this warm, ideal environment brought back thoughts of retirement. Mrs. Claus had been urging him to retire for years so that they could move to a warmer clime. This was a warmer environment and close enough that he could still visit the workshop when he felt like it, just to see what the new man was doing.

But now retirement was still far away, in another century. There was work to be done. Christmas was coming and there were a million more children this year than last. Santa explained his problem to the giants. They understood and agreed to loan Santa one of their spacecraft. It would travel much faster than the reindeer. It could transport many, many presents for all the children of the world. There would even be some space left over. Maybe he would have time to shop for a present for Mrs. Claus while out on Christmas Eve. He didn’t have time for that in recent years and it bothered him on Christmas morning. The underground citizens agreed to train Tim in the operation of the spacecraft. After all, Santa had to step out often and go down the chimney, when he still found one. The children might miss the pity-pat of tiny hooves on the roof, but the calming hum of the spaceship would encourage them to remain asleep while Santa went about his work. Yes, it was
going to be a Merry Christmas this year. Especially for Santa!

John Hall is a writer, speaker, and teacher and has been a serious metaphysical/ spiritual student for 45 years.

He can be reached at withlightandlove@ yahoo.com