It’s Christmas Eve, and Father Christmas is climbing into bed completely shattered – he’s had his usual busy time delivering presents to children everywhere. But just when he’s about to go to sleep he spots a lump inside his sack; there’s one present that has been forgotten, and it’s labelled up for a boy named Harvey Slumfenburger…

( And off he goes, back out into the snow )

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