Fairies and elves have been a part of folk lore for as long as stories have been told. Some of the great mysteries in life growing up can never be fully explained with any certainty.

The answers to questions many children growing up have about Santa Claus and who he is, rests with with these mythical creatures. The Santa Claus Chronicles are stories about Santa that only the elves know. They explain who he is, what he does and why.

The Box Turtle Herds is the 2nd of 26 stories told to a young boy by an elf he happens across in the woods. You will discover that Santa was one of the three wise men told of in the Bible. That he delivered the very first Christmas present over 2,000 years ago to the child that it is named after.

Santa does not do his life's work alone. His wife Martha and the industrious little elves that help him, know that the hope of the world lies with all the children of the world.

Fairies and elves have been a part of folk lore for as long as stories have been told. Some of the great mysteries in life growing up can never be fully explained with any certainty.

The answers to questions many children growing up have about Santa Claus and who he is, rests with with these mythical creatures. The Santa Claus Chronicles are stories about Santa that only the elves know. They explain who he is, what he does and why.

The Box Turtle Herds is the 2nd of 26 stories told to a young boy by an elf he happens across in the woods. You will discover that Santa was one of the three wise men told of in the Bible. That he delivered the very first Christmas present over 2,000 years ago to the child that it is named after.

Santa does not do his life's work alone. His wife Martha and the industrious little elves that help him, know that the hope of the world lies with all the children of the world.

This is a story of a day in the life of a little old man and his elves as told to a little boy by an elf during a by chance meeting. The elf told 26 tales in all, this is the first one. In the midst of an enchanted forest with mysterious waterfalls and gentle warm springs, stands the small cottage of a little old man and his wife. Warm vapors rise up and form clouds in this cold icy region that cloak the entire valley from the view above. Visiting the little old man this time of the year are industrious little elves that followed him from the Bavarian Alps long ago. It has been a long day of toy making and now at the day''s end, the aroma from the large pot of chocolate milk heating on the wood stove fills the cottage. As all the elves end their day''s work, the little old man is deep in thought as he sits on his workstool. He is one of the three Wise Men spoke of in the Bible, he delivered the first christmas gift to the christ child two thousand years ago. He is usually a jolly old soul, but this evening as the puffs of white smoke softly bellow out of the chimney, he worries about the poor children that will not be able to enjoy receiving the Christmas gifts he and the elves have labored to make. The little old woman walks to the edge of the kitchen, drying her hands on her apron. down the two steps from the kitchen, where she stands, the Great Room of papa''s workshop opens up before her. Her eyes twinkle as she observes the little old man quietly sitting on the tall stool. His short snowy white beard rest on his chest as his red cheeks glow from the heat of the nearby fire place. He has seen things that had changed him in such a way, that when he returned to the far east afterseeing the Christ child that he gave away all his riches.