Caught up in a supercell squall line, Santa and his son Banta and pet reindeer Canta are snatched from the North Pole in a Polar Vortex and deposited unceremoniously down under. Transitioning, without warning, from 0 °F to 100 °F, and catching Ezekiel by surprise in the process!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Schnupfen.
Ezekiel shook paws with Schnupfen the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Schnupfen gave you 1 "Sugar Plum Fairy (Running)" size 7
When Ezekiel asks Banta to explain who they are and where they have come from, the twin cookies Davo and Macca wander over to take a gander. Banta, like most young Cheerlings, still believes in magic, and says he was daydreaming about seeing sunlight during a big storm, and suddenly here they were...! But where, exactly, IS here?
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met slider.
Ezekiel shook paws with slider the Playful Penguin. They both received one silver mole!
slider gave you 1 "Tropical Red Sweater Shortbread Bear" size 10
When the twins discover that this IS the real Santa, who is a long way from home and quite inappropriately dressed for the tropical climate down under, they raid their father's wardrobe to provide Santa with their father's favourite garishly colourful holiday Harry outfit, of boardies, a singlet and a pair of pluggers (aka flipflops). So while Santa is slipping into something more comfortable (or is that sipping into something more comfortable?), the twins offer Banta some of their own summer clothing, but Banta declines, because he is VERY attached to his own red suit, which is actually his fur, and not removable clothing!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Tickety-Boo.
Ezekiel shook paws with Tickety-Boo the Bashful Badger. They both received one silver mole!
Tickety-Boo gave you 1 "Red-Nosed Reindeer" size 10
Canta volunteers to look after the sleigh, which is stowed in the twins' father's barn, while Boomer Kangaroo and Jack Donkey, who are more accustomed to the sweltering heat, help the twins to take Santa and Banta on a once in a lifetime tour of the tropics, complete with a wagon load of Chrissie pressies to deliver en route.
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met pinky pie.
Ezekiel shook paws with pinky pie the Strawberry Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
The tour group's first port of call is the aptly named Flamingo Island, where Boomer's mob resides. Kangaroos have excellent hearing, so it is no surprise that Boomer's cousins hear on the grapevine that Santa is coming, giving them plenty of time to put out their Christmas lights!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Daba.
Ezekiel shook paws with Daba the Dauntless Dolphin. They both received one silver mole!
Daba gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Morning Glory)" size 7
While Ezekiel takes the opportunity to do a spot of snorkelling at Palm Cove, with a sigh of contentment, Santa sips into something more comfortable, appreciating the importance of staying hydrated in the tropics!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Gray.
Ezekiel shook paws with Gray the Dauntless Dolphin. They both received one silver mole!
The next port of call for our tour group is Thong Beach! There is a Thong Beach on every planet. A special place where the Trade Winds and Prevailing Currents wash all of the lost thongs (aka flipflops) ashore, and the locals use said thongs to decorate their Christmas Tree!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Morenth.
Ezekiel shook paws with Morenth the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Morenth gave you 3 "Tie me up with a Red Bow Shortbread Cat" size 7
While Boomer and Jack pull the cartload of gifts from Thong Beach to Castaway Island, Ezekiel, Santa, Banta and the Twins decide to take a dip, swimming from one beach to the next, using Wilson brand beach balls as floatation devices!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Hadee Nidmorth.
Ezekiel shook paws with Hadee Nidmorth the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Hadee Nidmorth and you found 5 "Huckleberry Wreath" size 4.
Although the tour group reaches Sunset Beach in perfect time for a spectacular sunset, the unaccustomed heat seems to have exhausted Ezekiel, Santa and Banta, who stretch out on the beach to sleep. Having missed their own afternoon siestas, the twins, Boomer and Jack are only too happy to join them, while a family of local bandicoots raids the cartload of pressies...
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Symphony.
Ezekiel shook paws with Symphony the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Symphony gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Juniper)" size 7
As the sun rises over the horizon, the twins lead their tour group to Shark Bay. Knowing how much Santa likes cookies, they plan to catch some gingerbread fish for his breakfast!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Wuzzy.
Ezekiel shook paws with Wuzzy the Green Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
The twins direct the team inland for an unscheduled stop at the Blue Lake, which looks decidedly pink in the early morning sunlight! Ezekiel is fascinated to learn that this lake, nestled inside an extinct volcano, is believed to be bottomless. While Santa takes a quick bath, Ezekiel helps Boomer and Jack to load all of Santa's pressies into a row boat, to transport them across the lake.
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Night Wing.
Ezekiel shook paws with Night Wing the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Night Wing and you found 5 "South American Ornament" size 4.
The next port of call for the team is Paradise Island, where Santa hires a bungalow for the team to relax and take a load off for a few hours, before delivering gifts to the local chicks and bucks.
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Mochi.
Ezekiel shook paws with Mochi the Dwarf Hamster. They both received one silver mole!
Mochi gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Daisy)" size 7
Ezekiel and the tour group take a stroll around Paradise Island, finding what would have been an idyllic deserted beach, if the prevailing currents hadn't washed ashore so much hooman ocean and beach debris! Unable to leave any beach in this condition, the pets set about restoring it to its pre-hooman pristine state!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Starburst.
Ezekiel shook paws with Starburst the Purple Cheerling. They both received one silver mole!
Starburst and you found 5 "Huckleberry Wreath" size 4.
Hearing loud cheers from a neighbouring island, Ezekiel wants to investigate, hoping that it's the annual cane toad races! Wouldn't that really be something for Santa and Banta to tell Mrs Santa about?
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Tommy.
Ezekiel shook paws with Tommy the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Tommy and you found 5 "Light Up Plastic Flamingo" size 4.
The tour group enters Santa's cartload of toys in the annual pageant, waving happily to the cheering spectators, and giving out the occasional pressie while they are at it. However the twins are a wake up to Ezekiel! "No, Ezekiel!" They admonish, "We know you are not really a spectator, so you won't be getting another pressie just yet!"
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Firefly.
Ezekiel shook paws with Firefly the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Firefly gave you 3 "Tie me up with a Red Bow Shortbread Cat" size 7
When the tour group reaches the bandstand, the emcee quickly pulls them all up onto the stage. She thrusts music books into their paws, imploring them to lead the singing for Carols by Candlelight! Fortunately most of the spectators are tone deaf, so they won't be too terribly offended if Ezekiel's singing resembles a wolf howling at a full moon!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Pookey.
Ezekiel shook paws with Pookey the Brown Lovable Labrador. They both received one silver mole!
All that wonderful singing clearly inspired our intrepid tour group, who floated along on their success to the Opera House where they could immerse themselves in world class petformances of all of the classics! But the petformance is interrupted by an urgent announcement, warning all pets to take shelter inland, because Tropical Cyclone Scaredy, forming off the coast, is likely to sweep up everything in its path!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Spearmint.
Ezekiel shook paws with Spearmint the Playful Penguin. They both received one silver mole!
So the tour group hurries ashore, heading inland, to ensure Canta and the sleigh are battened down and safe from Tropical Cyclone Scaredy. And so begins a great race across the country, tour group vs Tropical Cyclone Scaredy, but who will get there first?
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Roy.
Ezekiel shook paws with Roy the Strawberry Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Roy gave you 3 "Ugly T-Shirt Shortbread Pup in Blue" size 7
The great race across the country is a dead heat, with the tour group and Tropical Cyclone Scaredy arriving at the red centre at the same time! Ezekiel quickly grabs Santa, promising to keep in safe!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Icy.
Ezekiel shook paws with Icy the Arctic Feisty Fox. They both received one silver mole!
Santa grabs up his presents and points to Tropical Cyclone Scaredy, wondering if TCS might be the local equivalent of a Polar Vortex, capable of picking up the whole tour group and whisking them across the seas to the North Pole?
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met poddu laddoo.
Ezekiel shook paws with poddu laddoo the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Santa gives Ezekiel a sock of gold to finish distributing pressies to the local pets. And with a cheerful wave and hearty "Ho Ho Ho" Santa leaps into the eye of the cyclone, sbouting back:
CHANGE PETS N-O-W!
Ezekiel has completed the quest! Please select another pet as visitor, so it can also take part!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Webbly.
Ezekiel shook paws with Webbly the Blue Footed Booby. They both received one silver mole!
Ezekiel has completed the quest of
