You don't know how hard it is to get anything done during the elf rutting season. Why they ever decided to put Christmas right then I'll never know.

But there won't quite be 12 days of Christmas for you, Gervase. There will be a few less. But you should enjoy it nonetheless.

The harder part is going to be figuring out my identity. When you get tired of sifting the clues you can ask Karen. She might divulge my identity but then she might not.

In the meantime I have to go put some saltpeter into the elf food. If they could isolate the elf rutting hormone it would put Viagra out of business!