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 Elizabeth by surprise in the process!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Tickety-Boo.
Elizabeth shook paws with Tickety-Boo the Bashful Badger. They both received one silver mole!
Tickety-Boo gave you 1 "Baby Cheerling (Sleeping)" size 7
When Elizabeth 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 Skye.
Elizabeth shook paws with Skye the Blue Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Skye gave you 1 "Tropical Red Shorts 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 Poppy.
Elizabeth shook paws with Poppy the Forest Snail. 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 Twink.
Elizabeth shook paws with Twink the Ragdoll Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Twink and you found 5 "Huckleberry Wreath" size 4.
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 Sweetie pie.
Elizabeth shook paws with Sweetie pie the Little Pink Monster. They both received one silver mole!
Sweetie pie gave you 3 "Ugly T-Shirt Shortbread Pup in Blue" size 7
While Elizabeth 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 Pickles.
Elizabeth shook paws with Pickles the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Pickles and you found 5 "Flip Flop Oranament" size 4.
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 Beatrice.
Elizabeth shook paws with Beatrice the Brown Rustic Rabbit. They both received one silver mole!
Beatrice gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Cranberry)" size 7
While Boomer and Jack pull the cartload of gifts from Thong Beach to Castaway Island, Elizabeth, 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 schrute.
Elizabeth shook paws with schrute the Red Feisty Fox. 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 Elizabeth, 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 Scotty.
Elizabeth shook paws with Scotty the Newton Nessie. They both received one silver mole!
Scotty gave you 3 "Tie me up with a Red Bow Shortbread Cat" 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 Poppy.
Elizabeth shook paws with Poppy the Forest Snail. 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! Elizabeth is fascinated to learn that this lake, nestled inside an extinct volcano, is believed to be bottomless. While Santa takes a quick bath, Elizabeth 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 Rex.
Elizabeth shook paws with Rex the Brown Lovable Labrador. 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 Népomucène Bibliophilus.
Elizabeth shook paws with Népomucène Bibliophilus the Brown Owl. They both received one silver mole!
Népomucène Bibliophilus gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Daisy)" size 7
Elizabeth 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 Josie.
Elizabeth shook paws with Josie the Green Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Josie and you found 5 "Huckleberry Wreath" size 4.
Hearing loud cheers from a neighbouring island, Elizabeth 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 get-a-job-bring-me-a-mouse-and-a-20.
Elizabeth shook paws with get-a-job-bring-me-a-mouse-and-a-20 the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
get-a-job-bring-me-a-mouse-and-a-20 and you found 150 Frank 'n' Cents!
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 Elizabeth! "No, Elizabeth!" 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 Mickle.
Elizabeth shook paws with Mickle the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Mickle gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Saskatoon)" 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 Elizabeth's singing resembles a wolf howling at a full moon!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Sugar.
Elizabeth shook paws with Sugar the Green Beautiful Unicorn. 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 Patches.
Elizabeth shook paws with Patches 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 PetPet.
Elizabeth shook paws with PetPet the Brown Owl. They both received one silver mole!
PetPet gave you 3 "Holiday Gift Box (Saskatoon)" 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! Elizabeth quickly grabs Santa, promising to keep in safe!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Bailey Bunny.
Elizabeth shook paws with Bailey Bunny the Brown Rustic Rabbit. They both received one silver mole!
Bailey Bunny gave you 1 "Board Shorts Santa" size 7
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 Fiddlesticks.
Elizabeth shook paws with Fiddlesticks the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Fiddlesticks gave you 1 "Storm Grey Butterfly" FULL SIZE
Santa gives Elizabeth 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!
Elizabeth has completed the quest! Please select another pet as visitor, so it can also take part!
While enjoying Christmas in the Tropics, you met Draco.
Elizabeth shook paws with Draco the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!