Receive The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend Of Santa Claus Fabricated By Tim Slover Distributed As Interactive EBook

evening after dinner I dug out a Christmas CD Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" and curled up with this book and a cup of mint hot chocolate little did I know how appropriate that choice in flavors would be, as the healing and restorative powers of peppermint are woven throughout.


What an amazing story! I have only just finished this book, and can see reading it many times in the years to come, Heck, probably before the year is out! This is an enchanting story, sure to rekindle the Christmas Spirit in the hearts of all who read or hear it, and one that begs to be read aloud, which I did for a good portion of the book.


The tale begins in, when the child Klaus is orphaned during the plague and adopted by his father's woodcrafting guild, The boy grows to become a master woodworker, His talent and generosity make him beloved by all, save one, Through the telling of the story, we learn how Klaus met Anna, Dasher, and the Elevated Souls Elves, how they became involved in the epic battle between good and evil, and how a simple carpenter became known the world over as Santa Claus.


This was truly a magical and inspiring story, one I recommend putting on your "to be bought" list, THis would be a fun book to read a chapter of each night with your children during the holiday season, It explains how Santa came to be and the elves and reindeer and how he manages to get everything delivered in one night, It covers how Christmas list were started and how they get delivered and there is even a villain trying to eliminate the giftgiving and joy of Christmas.

I'd recommend it for something different and it could become a new classic for your family, Enjoy. Where do I begin To start off with, I am not the intended audience for this book, I love christmas, but for all the wrong reasons, I will admit, I love the holiday for all the cheesy commercialization that it inspires, I like shopping for gifts, and I like being hit in the face with all the glittery decorations that the season brings about in stores and malls.
I like hanging out with friends, drinking warm drinks spiced with various sorts of flavored liquors, playing games, exchanging gifts and just trying to be merry during the darkest days of the year.
Christmas is not a spiritual time for me, I am not a believer of any sort and get angry when christians try to claim the holiday for their own,

This being said, I was a little annoyed that Slover seemed to gloss over and make up tales about how christmas traditions started instead of giving credit to the prechristian people who created most of the traditions we celebrate as "christmas".
Slover was not overtly trying to make the case that "jesus is the reason for the season", but the lack of any consideration of the true origins of these celebrations with the exception of a minor cameo appearance of the dalai lama another oddity that didn't make sense to me and the insertion of people from the original nativity story lead me to think that this was Slover's underlying philosophy.


Slover also derides the over commercialization of christmas, But he writes about shopping for gifts and decorating his house with lights and stuff, I just wonder where he draws the line on this particular topic, Is the way that he celebrates christmas the only way to do it How many presents equals too much commercialization Is it going against the christmas spirit if I give Home Depot my hard earned money to buy outdoor and indoor lights to decorate with This is just my personal anecdotal observation, but it seems that the people who yell about the "overcommercialization" of christmas are the ones who indulge in it the most.
They also seem to be the ones who have the means to do this,

Slover also makes multiple pleas for the reader to share his story to others, It seems to me to be a bit premature to think that your own story is going to be such a big hit that people should be passing it on to others.
If the story really is that good, you will not have to ask your readers to do this, They will do it on their own,

Now, to the actual story, I will admit, I enjoyed reading parts of this, It was easy and lighthearted and honestly kind of fun, I dont hate Christmas, despite all my ramblings above, But Slovers story is nothing new, Its just a simple retelling of Santa Claus story and reads like a bunch of “justso” stories, We hear about how Claus liked Annas cookies and that is why cookies are such an important Christmas tradition, We also read about how Rudolf the RedNosed Reindeer or Ranulf, as Slover calls him came into being, Overall the story reads like a cross between the claymation holiday classics on TV and The Santa Claus movie starring Tim Allen,

The story ends with a plea to the reader to not trust material evidence and trust instead in true belief, True belief, in this case, to the story presented, but it is easy to see how this can apply to the authors presumed religious beliefs

as well.
This is one of my biggest personal pet peeves, Its fine to ask a reader to suspend their disbelief for a story, But its not ok to teach people that actual evidence doesnt matter, I think it is a disservice to humanity to teach that any belief one might have trumps physical evidence to the contrary, Sometimes, ok MOST of the time, the simplest explanation is the correct one and we dont need to go out and make crazy stories to explain events that are better explained through simple observation and scientific inquiry.


That being said, enjoy this book if it is your cup of tea, There is nothing wrong with a delightful Christmas tale, I am going to reread A Christmas Carol now instead,

Baby Klaus was orphaned when both of his parents died of the Black Death, But, a craftsmen's guild took him in, Klaus as he grew up, watched and learned from these woodworkers and Klaus himself became a master woodworker,
Klaus has a great laugh and is a very talented toy maker, Klaus began making toys for all the children in his village for each Christmas and each year, the list of children who got toys grew,
Klaus meets Anna who has a sleigh and a reindeer named Dasher, Klaus and Anna marry. Anna helps her husband every year at Christmas and Dasher is the one who pulls the sleigh to deliver the presents to all the children,

One Christmas eve Klaus feels as if he can't go on, as if he has no more strength left to deliver presents anymore, That is when the magic of Christmas is unleashed,
But, not everything is all well and good, Klaus has an enemy and he will stop at nothing to see Klaus fall,

I won this book in a goodreads giveaway and it took me only, ordays to read it all, It was wonderful! And magical, I loved Klaus, Anna, the reindeer, Reading this book is an adventure, A magical adventure and I am happy to have read this, I love the story, how Klaus and Anna met, Their love for one another was sweet and Klaus was so caring and generous, But, what else can you expect from Santa Clause
The Christmas Chronicles is a story of love, hope and an inspiring adventure,
The Christmas Chronicles is a book I could read over and over again, I think this will be a great book for families to read around Christmas time, .