This book was excellent!!! It read like a mashup between The Santa Clause and a buddy cop parody movie XD! I love the idea that Santa Claus is a charity organization that offers a variety of social outreach programs for families in need. The ending was a liiittle saccharine, but I mean.... it's a Christmas story, so... But mixed amongst the levity and happily ever after were REALLY really poignant moments addressing anxiety, seasonal depression, the stress of winter on those with meager means, parental guilt, marital stress from miscommunication and martyrdom - layers and layers and layers of human truths, light and dark. This book was beautifully written, I feel like I had a highlight on every page XD. I almost cried near the end, I was so wrapped up in the message about providing the warmth you want to see in the world. Someone will have a problem with it, I'm sure, especially the ending, which seems to say, "Anxiety is a state of mind that you can talk yourself out of and just CHOOSE to be happier!" Somebody's not going to like that XD. But for a Christmas story, I thought it was marvelous!