There are just four regular-sized people in my book BIG E and the SANTA MAN – Big E, Santa, Mama Claus, and Scrooge. All the other characters, both good and bad, are elves. I’d like to introduce the major ones here, so hopefully you will want to learn more about them by reading the whole story.
As I said before, there are no illustrations in the book, but I’ve dug deeply into Google to find images closest to the main elves in the story. Let’s start with one of the two elf leaders, Corky.
While she doesn’t look exactly like the beauty above, Corky is equally pretty and very talented. She oversees all the creative and design work in Santa’s workshop. Imagine Corky older than the elf above – say about 35. Of course, her everyday attire is nothing like this, but she dresses up in spectacular fashion once in the story. It’s when she sings at the annual North Pole Christmas party held on December 25 after Santa recuperates from his long journey delivering presents. She mesmerizes all the male elves, especially this next guy.
Corky’s male counterpart is Gears, a mechanical genius that can build anything, including Big E’s flying jet sled. He is much more handsome than the fellow above, but he does possesses the same all-business attitude. Gears is in charge of all production in Santa’s workshop. Imagine Gears at about 45.
Here we have an elf picture that looks exactly like the way I imagine him in my story. This is Mac, one of three young elves who Elvis (known as Big E at the North Pole) teaches to play guitar. The others are G.H. shown here…
… and Jonel (pronounced John L). Sorry, there was no picture available that looked like Jonel, but I’m pretty sure you get the connection. There’s also no picture of Shooter who plays the drums. Together, these four 20-somethings form a band under Big E’s tutelage called The ELVI’s. There’s a lot of music in the book, mainly because my dream is for it to someday be made into an animated Christmas special on TV. Can you imagine how great it would be if Big E and these four fellows teamed up in a concert. Well, it happens in BIG E and the SANTA MAN.
The four members of the ELVI’s aren’t in the story just to add a musical element. They all take part in thwarting Scrooge’s first attempt to ruin Christmas, told in back-story. Elvis and Santa aren’t the only ones doing heroic things.
Not all of the elves in the story are good. There’s a group of four that Santa cut from the workshop team because of insubordination and sloppy craftsmanship. These trouble-makers are banished from Santa’s castle, and they devolve into a biker-gang-like group called the Humbahs led by one called Weasel. They hate Santa and are perfectly suited to assist Scrooge in his plan to ruin Christmas.
Google had a surprisingly large selection of “Bad Elves,” but none quite fit the image of Weasel as described in the book.
He had purple spiked hair, and wore a heavily studded, sleeveless black leather jacket. His face sported several piercings, and numerous tats covered his little arms.
Weasel’s rebellious and argumentative nature results in many confrontations with Scrooge, but the two put that aside when it’s time to launch the plan to ruin Christmas.
So, after three blog posts about the book, I’m pretty sure you can see that BIG E and the SANTA MAN qualifies as the:
Most unusual Christmas story ever written
And it stars Elvis! If you need something to convince you that it’s also a good read, a well-written novel, an enjoyable fun story, then just check out the five 5-star reviews on Amazon.
In a future post, I will supplement the Amazon reviews by sharing some of the good things people have emailed me after reading the book. I will not be cherry-picking just the good ones. There are no bad ones.
Amazon is not the only way to order the book. If you want it autographed and inscribed with a message of your choice, the PayPal option is for you. You just notify me by email (philarnold@charter.net) that you want the book and any special inscription you would like. Then, I submit a Money Request to PayPal. They process the sale and let me know, so I can sign the book and send it to you. The Post Office Media mail rate is $2.92 to the US, and $7.00 to Canada. International rates are very high, although a man in France did buy the book in spite of $21.50 postage.
So, one final pitch. You are an Elvis fan or you wouldn’t be on this blog. BIG E and the SANTA MAN is the perfect Christmas gift for Elvis fans. You will love him as a hero who teams up with Santa Claus to save Christmas. Why not tell a friend or family member that you want them to give you this book. Make it easy for them when they’re trying to figure out what to get you for Christmas.
Click here to order the book on Amazon.
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Thank you,
Phil Arnold
Original ElvisBlogmeister
