The Christmas Trials

When Santa grows too weary to carry on, Mrs. Claus and the North Pole Council search the world for a successor. They discover Morgan, a humble girl from Vermont whose cookies, songs, and kindness touch everyone around her. To prove herself, Morgan faces a series of trials—not of speed or strength, but of heart. She calms reindeer in a storm, shapes toys with laughter, and fills a cottage with welcome.

While others boast and dazzle, Morgan simply shares. In the end, Santa reveals the true trials were never the contests at all, but the small, unseen choices of compassion and generosity. With a crown of holly and sleigh bells ringing, Morgan takes her place as the new keeper of Christmas.

A timeless story of kindness, wonder, and legacy, The Christmas Trials celebrates the truth that Christmas magic lives in every act of giving.