When Gale Buck became the 13th in the Lineage of Santa's Woodsmen, in October 2008, Nicholas agreed that his task should be to help others find the True Magic of Christmas in Everyday. Nicholas made the letters, journals, logs and personal notes of the previous eleven Woodsmen available to Gale. While assembling the "Secrets of Santa revealed by the Woodsmen, " a new story unfolded, the story of Nicholas. Through these stories told by the Woodsmen the man behind the legend of Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, is revealed as never before.

Jonathon Syzmoor, orphaned at the age of eleven in early 1800s Scandinavia, left his home to get an education. Returning home six years later he made an uncommon contract with the richest man in town. After one year Jonathon held the seat of power and married his soul-mate. Tragedy struck again and Jonathon immersed himself in business. Awakened from his soulless world by the generosity of his grandson Jonathon made another agreement, this time with a man in a long red cape. This agreement changed his life and has effected the lives of countless others ever since.

I had actually started to write "The Secrets of Santa" when I discovered "Finding Nicholas." Somewhere in the course of reviewing the logs and journals of the Woodsmen I came to know Nicholas, the man who inspired the legend of Santa Claus, in a new way. But my many Santa friends wanted the Secrets of Santa so they could tell them as stories on visits to the children blessed with belief, and maybe a few older children who still wish to believe. So for the Santas, other storytellers, and Parents who wish to share the Magic of Christmas, I offer this special collection of secrets from "Finding...