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'''Santa's Helpers '''is a short story in ''[[More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]''.
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{{Tabber/Story|More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps|previous=The Double-Dip Horror|next=Attack of the Christmas Present}}"'''Santa's Helpers'''" is the ninth short story in ''[[More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]''.
   
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
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Siblings Spenser and Beth Mayhew, twelve and eleven years old respectively, love teasing their little sister, Diana. They take pleasure in telling Diana that she isn't really related to them, saying that she came from another planet or was hatched. Spenser and Beth want to go outside, but their mother demands that they take their little sister. The kids eventually relent and take Diana along. Spenser and Beth also have to wear ugly green snowsuits that their mother bought for cheap.
Beth and her brother Spenser are playing a game of checkers and teasing their six-year old sister, Diane. Diane apparently doesn't look like anyone else in the family, and this leads her siblings to constantly tease her, saying things like "You're not really our sister," "You're not even from Earth," etc. Despite all this abuse, Diane still wants to tag along with Beth and Spenser when they trek out to go sledding.
 
   
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Outside, Spenser and Beth continue to insist that Diana isn't related to them, citing the fact that she doesn't have red hair like the rest of them. The siblings' mother comes to take Diana home, but Mrs. Mayhew allows Spenser and Beth to stay out a little longer. While the duo is sledding, they have a net thrown over them by four small men. The men, who appear to be elves, ignore the siblings as they carry the two to a workshop. The kids are let go, and they are greeted coldly by [[wikipedia:Santa Claus|Santa Claus]], who reprimands them for running away. The kids don't know what he's talking about. Santa asserts that the kids are elves who tried to escape, as evidenced by their green clothes and red hair. The kids deny this, and Mr. Claus gives them one opportunity to prove that they're human.
On the way to the hill, Spenser and Beth tell her that Santa Claus doesn't exist. They meet up with a friend who mocks Beth and Spenser's coats. The bright red and green fur coats were on sale, so they've been forced to wear them when playing outdoors. The siblings' mother comes out to collect Diane but tells the older kids they can stay out a little longer.
 
   
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Spenser and Beth are taken home, accompanied by elves. The group finds Diana. Spenser and Beth ask Diana to confirm that the three of them are related and that they're not elves. Diana says that she isn't related to the duo, citing the conversations in which Spenser and Beth denied being related to her. The elves take Beth and Spenser away. Diana waves goodbye, and she asks her siblings to tell Santa that she's been good.
Beth and Spenser wipe out on their sled and find themselves trapped in a net. Four small men come out of the bushes and hoist them into a sack. These four men are elves who deposit the children at the North Pole. Santa chides the two runaway elves. The kids keep insisting they're not elves, but Santa grows furious and sentences them to work 18-hour shifts for the next five years as punishment for escaping. The kids keep protesting, but Santa points out that they're dressed like elves. Eventually they are given one chance to prove they're not elves.
 
   
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==Trivia==
The other elves escort Beth and Spenser to their house. The elves don't believe that they live there though, so Spenser and Beth knock on the door. Diane answers and when asked by an actual elf if she's Beth's and Spenser's sister, she tells them she isn't and that the two are always very clear that she's not their sister. As the elves drag the two kids back to the North Pole, Diane reminds them to tell Santa she's been good this year.
 
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*"Santa's Helpers" only mentions its narrator's first name once. This story and "[[Attack of the Christmas Present]]" are the only stories in ''[[More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]'' where this happens.
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*This is the second story in ''[[More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]'' with a character named Beth; the first Beth appears in "[[A Holly Jolly Holiday]]".
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"Santa's Helpers" is the ninth short story in More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.

Plot

Siblings Spenser and Beth Mayhew, twelve and eleven years old respectively, love teasing their little sister, Diana. They take pleasure in telling Diana that she isn't really related to them, saying that she came from another planet or was hatched. Spenser and Beth want to go outside, but their mother demands that they take their little sister. The kids eventually relent and take Diana along. Spenser and Beth also have to wear ugly green snowsuits that their mother bought for cheap.

Outside, Spenser and Beth continue to insist that Diana isn't related to them, citing the fact that she doesn't have red hair like the rest of them. The siblings' mother comes to take Diana home, but Mrs. Mayhew allows Spenser and Beth to stay out a little longer. While the duo is sledding, they have a net thrown over them by four small men. The men, who appear to be elves, ignore the siblings as they carry the two to a workshop. The kids are let go, and they are greeted coldly by Santa Claus, who reprimands them for running away. The kids don't know what he's talking about. Santa asserts that the kids are elves who tried to escape, as evidenced by their green clothes and red hair. The kids deny this, and Mr. Claus gives them one opportunity to prove that they're human.

Spenser and Beth are taken home, accompanied by elves. The group finds Diana. Spenser and Beth ask Diana to confirm that the three of them are related and that they're not elves. Diana says that she isn't related to the duo, citing the conversations in which Spenser and Beth denied being related to her. The elves take Beth and Spenser away. Diana waves goodbye, and she asks her siblings to tell Santa that she's been good.

Trivia