SantaKid is a Childrens' Book by James Patterson which was released in 2004.
Chrissie is not like your normal child - she lives at the North Pole, and her father is Santa Claus himself. However, there is some trouble afoot - the owner of the Exmas Express has decided to buy Christmas! Soon, the Christmas Spirit has been extinguished as everyone is forced to create poor-quality toys, and it is up to Chrissie to save Christmas for everyone.
Tropes in this Book:
- Added Alliterative Appeal: The poor quality toys which everyone is forced to make include the Weird Wally Warmunga the Warrior, Princess PeePee and PooPoo, and Doggie DooDoo.
- Badass Adorable: Chrissie may be just an adorable child, but she's the one who manages to do the task of going to everyone's house over Christmas Eve and getting their presents for them when no one else can.
- Bad Boss: Ransom's time at the North Pole has him basically force everyone to create low-quality toys - it's when he admits that the goal is to get gifts to only 50% of children across the globe that Chrissie takes it as an excuse to find a way to save Christmas.
- Christmas Elves: They're at the North Pole and get stressed by Ransom's way of running things. The one given the most attention is Oof, who at six feet eleven is pretty tall for an elf.
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: The answer to the question of How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys? The ability to believe in something bigger than you.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Warrie Ransom, the owner of the Exmas Express, buys Christmas from Santa Claus and almost ruins it for everyone by forcing them to create poor-quality toys.
- Fat Bastard: The illustrations show Warrie Ransom to be quite the bulky dude. He is also a bad guy who almost ruins Christmas for everyone.
- Heroic BSoD: After Christmas is bought out, Santa decides to remain in his bed for most of the time, gradually becoming more like Santa, but not in a way that could be considered healthy. He even reveals that he doesn't believe in Christmas anymore. Thankfully, he manages to regain the spirit by the end, although the added weight that he's put on means that Chrissie is going to have to do his job for him.
- How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys?: It's a question that Chrissie asks near the start of the book. As it goes on, however, she finds that the answer is basically the power of belief.
- Meaningful Name: Whilst he only has one line, Rhymer the reindeer does it in the form of a rhyme.
- Painful Rhyme: Rhymer's one line is a rhyme that attempts to rhyme "Bizness" with "Who it is" to... mixed results.Rhymer: Must be somebody big in Biz-ness. Let's go see Who-it-is-ness.
- Santa Claus: Well, it is a book about Christmas. That said, the book does provide some additional information on him, including the fact that he has a child and that most of the time, he actually looks like a pretty normal guy - it's only around Christmas that he dons his signature look.
- Saving Christmas: Christmas is placed under threat when a Corrupt Corporate Executive barges in and purchases it, with even Santa losing the Christmas spirit as a result. Luckily, Santa's child manages to save the day in the end.
- You Mean "Xmas": Ransom tries to invoke this, renaming Christmas to Exmas after he buys it out. Luckily, it's only temporary.
