Review: Strange Story
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2013
I received this from Library Thing to read and provide an honest review. This is a strange story.  The author has combined two well-known holiday traditional stories, that of the birth of Jesus and that of the origins of Santa Claus. I am just not sure whether I agree with his story. The idea of combining the two is actually quite creative.  The execution is okay, just goes a little too far to be believable or even something that can become part of a new tradition. I am not the type who likes others to mess with my age-old traditional stories, and this is what the author has done. The descriptions are pretty good, but not all that realistic--I really do not think Jesus as a young man used 21st century vernacular in his daily dealings (nor did his family and friends). The latter section about Santa and his home at the North Pole was definitely entertaining and interesting, but lacked, in my opinion, any realism. I give the author credit for creativity in combining a myth with a biblical story, but not so much for the execution.