Chris Kringle Johnston

Santa’s Diary

52 days!

Dear Diary, Ho ho ho! Only 52 days until Christmas!The North Pole is buzzing with early cheer. The elves are back from their autumn break, full of energy and mischief. Sprinkles tried to install a marshmallow launcher in the toy workshop—again. Mrs. Claus gently...

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62 Days until Christmas!

Dear Diary Where has the year gone? The workshop is humming like an excited beehive as we are finishing up on building toys and making sure everything is just right! Sprinkles is up to his old tricks, trying to get extra chocolate chips in his cookies and acting like...

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Kilted Santa??

Dear Diary, Today I was out and about, running errands, and like most days in the warm season, I was wearing one of my kilts. Yes, I love to wear my kilts. The elves (they don't know this but I know which ones) like to giggle when I do, but I don't care. If it makes...

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Preparations!!

Dear Diary, Well, well, well… the elves thought they could sneak an extra cookie from Mrs. Claus’s famous peppermint batch. Rookie mistake! I’ve been doing this for centuries—I can hear a cookie jar lid from three sleigh-lengths away. Sprinkles tried to blame the...

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One Lucky Old Elf

Dear Diary,Today I woke up to the scent of cinnamon and pine—Mrs. Kringle had already lit the hearth and brewed my favorite peppermint cocoa. She even fluffed my red slippers and laid out my wooly socks (the ones with the tiny sleigh bells stitched into the cuffs). I...

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Christmas is coming!

Dear Diary, Ho ho ho! What a day! The reindeer are restless with excitement—Dasher tried to race Comet around the stables and knocked over a barrel of peppermint oats. Elves are stitching faster than ever, fueled by cocoa and carols. I caught Jingle and Tinsel...

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Sprinkles!

Dear Diary, Ho ho ho… what a day!I popped into the North Pole bakery this morning to check on our cookie production. Everything smelled heavenly—vanilla, cinnamon, and that rich, melty chocolate. The elves were in high spirits, humming carols and tossing chips like...

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Dear Diary,It’s barely mid-October and already I feel the tingle of tinsel in my beard. The world is still tangled in cobwebs and carving pumpkins, but here at the North Pole, we’re humming carols and testing cookie batches like it’s December 24th.The elves are ahead...

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North Pole in Full Swing

Dear Diary, The North Pole is humming with holiday energy! The workshop floor is a blur of jingling bells, whirring toy parts, and elf chatter. We’ve officially entered what Mrs. Kringle calls “Cocoa Crisis Season”—that magical stretch when the elves drink more hot...

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North Pole Warm-Up

The bells haven’t started jingling yet. Only the truest of True Believers are really thinking about Christmas right now

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