The Christmas Crunch

By Van Pornaras

Oliver loves Christmas as much as any nine-year old ‘believer’ can. He loves the tradition, he loves putting up the tree, wrapping presents and he likes the suspense. What he doesn’t like, other than his bullying older brother, is the fact that Santa has gone mainstream. He is no longer the jolly old elf, but has evolved into an Armani clad, beardless, svelte business suit! Furthermore, he really hates the evil lecherous troll who has stolen Santa’s new rocket powered, radar elusive Santamobile on, of all days, Christmas Eve!

In this hysterical tale for the holidays, tradition goes head to head with our desire for modernization. Propelled by the ever-increasing need to be more technologically advanced, poor Oliver’s dreams of Christmas are shattered in more ways than one.

But Oliver has had enough of being pushed around. Whatever it takes, Oliver has to save Christmas. With the help of Blitzen and a GPS equipped mouse named Matilda, Oliver and Santa chase the thieving troll across the American skies, in hopes of salvaging Christmas. Along for the adventure is a cast of loveable elves and delightful friends who all band together to show what Christmas magic is really all about; caring, family, friends and of course, tradition.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Van Pornaras
• Release date: Nov 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9780987910011

Van Pornaras

I am a writer. I do a ton of other things, but I AM a writer. Have been one since I was in my teens. I am not a a single genre kind of author. I am slave to the muse, it talks, I write. It's that simple. Sometimes fantasy, sometimes suspense, sometime juvenile, political thriller, Christmas stories. I have written poems and screenplays and all are gems in their own right. And so, here I am, married with kids and living in Canada's largest city...and writing.

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