Proof of Santa Claus

No one is quite certain when the magic happens, but it certainly happens every year. Many believe it happens in January after the New Year begins. For the believers in January, the magic happens when the Christmas decorations come down and find their way into special places until the next season of Santa Claus.

Others find February to be the month of mischief because the days are short, the month is short, and the middle of the month is full of love, kisses, candy, and all kinds of distractions. February is definitely a possibility, and so is the madness of March. Everyone knows that when the March winds howl and kites are flying, other objects might race through the skies as mysterious magical powers are seeking camouflage in the chaos of spring.

Most of the believers in the proof of Santa Claus do not consider the longer days of summer to be the secret season of creative misplacement except for Christmas in July when Santa’s elves would not be out of place anywhere.

When October claims the calendar, however, and scary Halloween decorations come out of closets, attics, and cubbyholes, anything can happen and most probably does when darkness begins to fall earlier and something that might look like a witch flies over the face of the moon. The special season between Halloween and Thanksgiving is most probably when the Secret Santa Claus Elves slip down from the North Pole and begin their creative mischief in each and every home. 

Of course, all the believers of the proof of Santa Claus know that Santa and Mrs. Claus are extremely busy and dependent on the magical elves who live and work in Christmas Town. What many do not understand is that Santa has many different elves who fill many different roles.

Santa’s elves have branches of service personnel just like any other giant and well-organized infrastructure. Everyone is familiar with the Construction Crew Elves, who build and manufacture all the toys, games, and latest inventions in the wizardry of modern technology. The Construction Crew Elves are indeed a vast army of service personnel, but other branches in Santa’s more secretive services are not well known.

The Naughty and Nice Department is a huge division of intelligence officers who are constantly searching for naughty and not-so-nice activities all around the world. These elves as of late have been very busy in their due diligence reports to Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Another smaller branch of Santa’s Service Elves is beyond Top Secret. These special elves are the most elite of all their cousins. They are truly special individuals with unique skill sets. Many believers in Santa know that these ultra-secret and clandestine pixies are responsible for the true magic of Christmas Time and the elusive proof of Santa Claus.

The proof of Santa and his Secret Service Elves can be found wherever Christmas decorations are waiting to come out and play. No matter how carefully Christmas lights are placed in storage, there will always be a strand that will not light when plugged into the wall. 

Even special ornaments that are treasures will have cracks or be shattered when the storage boxes are finally open. Even more mysterious is when entire decorations are missing: The special poinsettia tablecloth that simply disappeared or the Rudolph reindeer that for some crazy reason is missing his bright and shining red nose.

These are all examples of the Top Secret work of Santa’s Secret Service Elves. These elite and very special pixies are masters of disguise and can slip down from the Arctic Circle mostly unnoticed. They ride on military cargo planes. They book passage on trains coming from Siberia. They travel under icebergs in submarines. The Secret Service Elves arrive without notice and know where every Christmas light and holiday decoration is waiting in every home everywhere.

After a home comes up on a special elf radar, the Secret Service Elves slip into houses when no one is home. Once inside, they climb into attics, search through closets, and look under beds. No single collection of Christmas decorations will not fall under the scrutiny of Santa’s Secret Service Elves. These special elves carry little hammers to break lights and ornaments, and they have magical powers that will instantly transport heirloom tablecloths and coffee cups into another dimension. By early December, there will be no home without proof of Santa Claus and the work of his Secret Service Elves.

Santa began sending out the Secret Service Elves many years ago. Before the mischievous little pixies - who are the navy seals of elves - began racing down to wreck a reindeer or break some lights, Christmas was too perfect. Santa, in his wisdom, knew that to set the spark of Christmas alight he needed a reason for everyone to head out and socialize. The bustle of shopping for new decorations, the crowds among the Christmas carols where misplaced neighbors and long-lost friends are also out and searching for the missing parts of Christmas.

Without Santa and his Secret Service Elves, that one special shopping trip might have never happened, or that one holiday party invitation might not arrive in the mail. Most importantly, that one special person might miss the opportunity of a lifetime without the proof of Santa Claus and the magic of Christmastime.

When little children everywhere become older and begin to set about with their own little hammers and their breaking words begin to whisper, “There’s no such thing as Santa Claus.”

The evidence and proof of Santa Claus must be an exposé to anyone of any age who might become upset over a broken set of lights, a misplaced heirloom, or a Rudolf reindeer with a nose that will not become a shining light. 

Tom Williams is a Marco islander. He is the author of two books. Lost and Found and Surrounded by Thunder—the Story of Darrell Loan and the Rocket men. Both books are available on Kindle and nook.

Tom Williams is a Marco Islander and the author of two books: “Lost and Found” and “Surrounded by Thunder - The Story of Darrell Loan and the Rocket Men.” Both books are available on Kindle and Nook.