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The Mystery of Christmas Magic was once a short one-act play, and now we are trying to turn it into an animated Christmas short, in the vein of such classics as A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Our story begins in the North Pole just before Christmas, when it is dark all night and all day. Snowstorm, a snow-leopard who can control winter weather, and Betty, a magical Christmas elf, have the job of turning on all the lights in Santa’s village as well as preparing Santa’s sleigh. As they go about their errands, they sing the song: Two Best Friends.

But when they get to Santa’s workshop, they find the sleigh missing! They immediately suspect Victor the Sneak, Santa’s cousin and all-round louse. They need to get to Victor’s Sneakatorium as quickly as possible, but it’s too far away—fortunately, Snowstorm can control winter weather, and she summons the swirling winds to quickly carry them to Victor’s Sneakatorium, while Snowstorm sings: Swirling Winds.

When they arrive, Victor professes his innocence, but while chatting, the delectable subject of honey and hot chocolate comes up, and Victor cannot help himself as he sings an ode to his favourite drink: Honey and Hot Chocolate.

The three of them use the swirling winds to get back to Santa’s workshop and solve the mystery of Santa’s missing sleigh.

We were very fortunate to have the very talented Kevin Quain to arrange and play all the instruments. The book, lyrics and music were all written by J.W.S. Getty, except for Swirling Winds, the music for that was written by J.W.S. Getty and Kevin Quain.

The singers are: Jane Spence as Betty the elf, Karen Suzuki as Snowstorm and Jerry Getty as Victor the Sneak.