A Chimney Sweep’s Secret…

I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Tristan Burrington. Im 38 years old, married to my wife Lauren. We have two children, a 12 year old daughter, and a 4 year old son. We live in Pennsylvania and I have been working as a chimney sweep for the last 10 years.

Now Strange things have been happening to me, Let me tell you a story.

Last year, Early 2023, I received an anonymous post card in the mail . The picture on the postcard was a Christmas scene with a lit up tree. On the back, the post card said, you have been selected as a candidate . That’s all it said, No return address, No signed From . I just figured it was a lost christmas card from somebody .

Few weeks later, I received another Christmas postcard. This one stated, We received your resume, you are in the running. In the Running? Again, I have no idea where this things have come from. I havent even created a resume.

A month later, I receive an email. In this email, there was a questionnaire with some fun questions on it, so I did it. Some of the questions were,

-Are you good with Dogs?

-Are you afraid of heights?

-Can you walk on roofs?

-Do you enjoy Giving or Receiving?

-When did you stop believing in Santa?

Then it started to ask some more specific questions.

-Where were you during Christmas 1995

-Where were you during Christmas 2011 ?

-What was your favorite Christmas gift in 2001 ?

At the end, it had an essay question…about your favorite Christmas gift of all time ?

Now My Grandma June discovered my favorite Christmas present of all time in 1999 . She knew how huge of a sports fan I was. So she got me the gift that kept on giving. A Weekly subscription to Sports Illustrated.

You know what that means, back then, 52 consecutive weeks of a new shiny Sports magazine with all the latest info. Now if you know me, I like Sports. My Grandma knew me

She found a way, to give me a new present every week. Not only that, but year after year, she continued to give. She renewed the subscription and I got over 500 magazines over the next 10 years. This really did helped me get through High school.

So I finished this email, I answered all the questions, then sent it.

Time goes by and I forgot about all of it.

Then into Summer, I start to notice a few strange things.

Every child that I came across were all looking at me, all staring at me with a huge smile . I even noticed a bunch of times where, kids were pointing at me and trying to talk to their parents like they had to tell them something. Early in the summer, I sat down on a bench and two kids walked up to me, they asked to sit on my lap . I didnt know these kids, Why would they ask that, So I shoooed them away .

Another strange thing, I saw deer, all the time. And I mean all the time . Ive never seen so many deer. Now we live near French Creek state park, but this was excessive. Everywhere I go, I would see deer, like a dozen times a day. And they always seemed to be looking right at me.

This is where it gets real.

You might not believe me

Right after Thanksgiving,...We were visited by some Elves. It was late at night on Black Friday, my wife and I were relaxing, watching a movie. Kids were already in bed. They showed up my home, but they didnt knock on the front door. They were up on the roof and one of them started shouting down the fireplace flue. He said, “Hello, Mr Burrington?” My wife and I jumped at the sound, it was totally unexpected. It was coming from the fireplace. Again, “Mr Burrington?” Clearly I heard them calling for me, I nervously replied, “Hello who is this?”

He answered “My name is Charlie, head elf of this squad . We’d like a moment to speak with you and your wife.”

I was baffled, confused, asking my wife, “ Did I just hear him say, Head elf? ”

She confirmed, “ Thats what I heard. That voice is definitely coming from the fireplace.”

After a moment, we cautiously agree to speak with them. And before we know it, there’s a team of 4 elves standing in our living room.

Charlie spoke frankly, “We need your help!”

So Now, I feel like I can tell you something…

Hello. My name is Santa Clause , and as I like to say Young, Saint Nick . Im 38 years old in Santa years . I am to married to my beautiful wife Mrs Clause . We have two children, 12 year old daughter, and 4 year old son. We still live in Pennsylvania and I work as a chimney sweep from New Years through Thankgiving.

But from Thanksgiving through Christmas, Theres a whole lot that happens.

Thanks for joining me. We're on the beginning of a journey.