Few know that Santa’s sleigh visits every home on earth on practice flights before Christmas. That’s just one of the fascinating revelations in the private journal of Elfred, a stalwart member of Santa’s crew. 

Elfred is a thoughtful and happy elf, but his entries reveal a growing unease after the training runs mysteriously bypass only one home in all the world. As Elfred nears his opportunity to ask why—an annual briefing with the great Claus himself—he also readies the personal stories that he is to share. A reckoning is at hand.