Checking it Twice

“Don’t load any coal on the sleigh tonight lads,” announced Father Christmas, donning his coat and sack. Scooping up the long scroll, he added “I’ve checked the list twice, and lo and behold, all the children were good!”

An elf piped up, "Wonderful news, Sir! But we never load any coal.”

“Sh-u-us-h now,” replied the jolly old fellow with a smile. “Time’s a wasting. Let’s hitch up the team and be off. We’ve got our work cut out for us this Christmas Eve!”

"Checking It Twice" is the third in artist Dean Morrissey’s series of lavish images inspired by the real Father Christmas . . . a worldly traveler with a merry twinkle in his eye.