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 Violet Damson by surprise in the process!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Sam.
Violet Damson shook paws with Sam the Yellow Lovable Labrador. They both received one silver mole!
Sam gave you 1 "Sugar Plum Fairy (Thinking)" size 7
When Violet Damson 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 Casper.
Violet Damson shook paws with Casper the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Casper gave you 1 "Beary Blue T-Shirt 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 Turbo.
Violet Damson shook paws with Turbo the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
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 miniyao.
Violet Damson shook paws with miniyao the Dauntless Dolphin. 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 Azure Beauty.
Violet Damson shook paws with Azure Beauty the Blue Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Azure Beauty gave you 3 "Tropical Red Sweater Shortbread Bear" size 7
While Violet Damson 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 Hepha.
Violet Damson shook paws with Hepha the White elephant. 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 Guaca.
Violet Damson shook paws with Guaca the Merry Mole. They both received one silver mole!
Guaca gave you 3 "Tie me up with a Green Bow Shortbread Pup" size 7
While Boomer and Jack pull the cartload of gifts from Thong Beach to Castaway Island, Violet Damson, 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 Snowball.
Violet Damson shook paws with Snowball the Tabby Cat. They both received one silver mole!
Although the tour group reaches Sunset Beach in perfect time for a spectacular sunset, the unaccustomed heat seems to have exhausted Violet Damson, 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 rainbow cookie.
Violet Damson shook paws with rainbow cookie the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
rainbow cookie gave you 3 "Tie me up with a Green Bow Shortbread Pup" 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 Miss Tan.
Violet Damson shook paws with Miss Tan the Playful Penguin. 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! Violet Damson is fascinated to learn that this lake, nestled inside an extinct volcano, is believed to be bottomless. While Santa takes a quick bath, Violet Damson 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 Weston.
Violet Damson shook paws with Weston the Westie. They both received one silver mole!
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 Happy to be Danish-Jay.
Violet Damson shook paws with Happy to be Danish-Jay the Black Great Dane. They both received one silver mole!
Happy to be Danish-Jay gave you 3 "Beary Blue T-Shirt Shortbread Bear" size 7
Violet Damson 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 Abel.
Violet Damson shook paws with Abel the Fennec Fox. They both received one silver mole!
Hearing loud cheers from a neighbouring island, Violet Damson 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 Snowball.
Violet Damson shook paws with Snowball the Arctic Feisty Fox. They both received one silver mole!
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 Violet Damson! "No, Violet Damson!" 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 Katrice.
Violet Damson shook paws with Katrice the Stardust Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Katrice gave you 3 "Beary Blue T-Shirt Shortbread Bear" 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 Violet Damson's singing resembles a wolf howling at a full moon!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Splash.
Violet Damson shook paws with Splash the Dauntless Dolphin. 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 Zoey.
Violet Damson shook paws with Zoey the Grey Playful Kitten. 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 Keesha.
Violet Damson shook paws with Keesha the Blue Thunder Monster Baby. They both received one silver mole!
Keesha gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Cranberry)" 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! Violet Damson quickly grabs Santa, promising to keep in safe!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Whizzy.
Violet Damson shook paws with Whizzy the Green Rapid Dragonfly. 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 Snowflake.
Violet Damson shook paws with Snowflake the Silver Fox. They both received one silver mole!
Santa gives Violet Damson 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!
Violet Damson has completed the quest! Please select another pet as visitor, so it can also take part!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Choose a namebecky.
Violet Damson shook paws with Choose a namebecky the Black Great Dane. They both received one silver mole!