This is a fresh, fabulous and very funny take on The Night Before Christmas. The reindeer have gone on strike and Santa is auditioning other animals to take their place, with hilarious consequences! Quirky, fun illustrations are embossed throughout. The book is aimed at children aged 4 and upwards. A new holiday classic is born! Lisa Trumbauer and Jannie Ho have whipped up a fresh, fabulous and very funny book. In a playful take on "The Night Before Christmas", the talented pair provides kids with a one-of-kind, behind-the-scenes peek into Santa's workshop. It seems that all is not well at the North Pole: the reindeer have gone on strike and Santa's auditioning a menagerie of other animals to take their place. But when the cats abandon station to chase some mice and the elephants fall through the roof, what's Santa to do? Will his eight trusty reindeer ever fly again?