Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!

PreS-Gr 1-It's Christmas Eve down on the farm, and everything seems perfect. Snow falls, lights twinkle, and festive music plays. Farmer Brown is just setting out the milk and cookies when he hears a noise outside—but it isn't Santa's arrival. It's Duck, dressed in night-vision goggles and sporting a backpack and climbing spurs. Duck scales the barn, zip lines toward the chimney, and attempts to squeeze down it Santa-style. But he gets stuck. The other farm animals try to help, but the sheep, the cows, the pigs, the goats, the chickens, the mice, a dog, and a cat all become stuck in Farmer Brown's chimney. When Santa finally appears, he unclogs everyone, and all the animals land in a sooty heap on the living room floor. They add the final ornaments to the tree and celebrate the holiday together. Doreen Cronin's spare text is complemented by Betsy Lewin's loose watercolor illustrations. The seasonal bright reds and greens stand out against the inky blue nighttime sky and the snowy white fields. Narrator Maurice England's deep drawl is accompanied by tinkling bells and instrumental background music.