Santa Bear
Santa Bear of Brooks River, by Sand.
It was late November and all over the Katmai National Park, the bears were busy digging their winter dens. Dumpling Mountain was a hub of daily den digging activity.Meanwhile at the North Pole, a crisis had arisen! Santa Klaus had too much to do every year and just barely kept up with all the human kids gift deliveries, let alone get to the the bear cubs and yearlings all over Alaska! He called his two head elves, Jingles and Jangles in for a conference.
“I must name a Santa Bear for each Bear Community in Alaska,” he said. ” They will be the Santa in their community so that all the Christmas deliveries will be made and no child or bear will be left out!”I want you two to go to each community and appoint the Santa. They must be of good character, non-violent, and not frightening to the cubs and yearlings. You two go visit each community and ask the leaders to appoint a candidate for the Santa Bear! Tell them it’s a great honor to be a Santa Bear and they will also get a Santa suit to wear for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ! Hurry and go and get all the sizes so Mrs. Klaus can do alterations to make sure all the suits fit each bear! We don’t have much time!”
Santa Klaus continued with his instructions to Jingles and Jangles, “On Christmas Eve Night, you two will bring the gifts from the North Pole Workshop to the appointed Santa Bear and he will then take them to each cub and yearlings. They must also have a decorated Christmas Tree in their newly dug winter den. ” Go now as we have little time left to prepare for Christmas Eve!” Jingles and Jangles zapped themselves with elf-dust and away they flew toward the Katmai National Park, their first stop being the Brooks River Bear Community.
Keep reading Sand’s Christmas tale by following the explore.org fan here. See the video highlights from this year’s Bear Cam all here – and get yourself some Christmas spirit with Santa Bear!
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