⭐ Day 86 — Santa’s Secret Project (Part 1)

Something unusual happened today at the North Pole. Santa asked Sparkles to meet him privately in one of the oldest wings of the workshop. No one else was invited. Not Finn. Not the bachelor squad. Not even me — which is rude, because I am press.

Naturally, I followed them anyway.

🚪 The Restricted Wing

Sparkles entered the Restricted Wing for the first time in her life. It smells like peppermint history and old magic.

Santa unlocked a heavy door using:
• a brass key
• a candy cane rune
• and a spell older than his beard

Inside: blueprints. Charts. Symbols I didn’t recognize. A map that wasn’t just the North Pole… but the whole world.

📜 The Mysterious Blueprints

Sparkles gasped. I gasped louder.

On Santa’s desk were designs labeled:
• “Heartstream Conduits”
• “Springburst Channels”
• “Fear-to-Fun Transmutation Pipelines”
• “Inter-Holiday Liaison Office (Prototype)”

Sparkles whispered, “Santa… what IS all this?”

Santa smiled like a man who has planned something big for a very long time.

🎅 Santa Finally Speaks

He said, “Christmas magic has grown. The world has grown. And it is time… we grow with it.”

Sparkles leaned in. So did I. Finn was not present but spiritually confused somewhere else.

Santa continued:

“This is the beginning of a new era. A Holiday Alliance. Multiple seasons. Multiple leaders. One shared purpose.”

Sparkles blinked three times and said, “…Sir, that sounds enormous.”

Santa nodded. “It is.”

👣 Strange Footprints… NOT From Here

Here’s the part that really caught my attention:

The floor had footprints in the dust that CLEARLY didn’t belong to North Pole elves.

I saw:
• heart-shaped shimmer dust
• rabbit pawprints
• pumpkin-orange glitter
• and one chaotic scribble mark like someone fell and rolled

Sparkles didn’t notice. Santa definitely did. I absolutely did.

Something big is happening. Something multi-holiday. Something that will change EVERYTHING.

Santa told Sparkles he will reveal more tomorrow. Which means I will reveal more tomorrow. Whether Santa wants me to or not. ⭐✨

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Stay shady (and nosy),
– The Petty Elf 🧝‍♀️