THIS IS VERSION 3 - THE LATEST OF THIS STORY-LINE.THE OTHER VERSION 2 PAPERBACKS HAVE BEEN BEEN SUPERSEDED AND NO LONGER IN AMAZON PRINTALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL KINDLE VERSION 1 STILL EXISTS AS IT RETAINS CERTAIN ASPECTS NO LONGER CONTAINED IN THIS VERSION (SEE VERSION 1 NOTES AS TO WHY) BUT THE CULPRITS REMAIN THE SAME..............................................................FOR THIS BOOK...PICTURE THE SCENE IF THE THIEF INSIDE YOU SAW THIS UNPROTECTED ON SANTA'S SLEIGH THAT CHRISTMAS DAY DELIVERY TIME AS HE WAS DOWN SOMEONE'S CHIMNEY, THEN APPRECIATING THE COOKIES AND DRINK LEFT OUT FOR HIM TO ENJOY AS THANKS?AND IN ALL HIS HASTE WHEN HE RETURNED HE DID NOT NOTICE WHAT WAS TAKEN, AS HE EXPECTED ALL THE NAMED SACKS TO CONTAIN ALL THAT HAD BEEN CHECKED AND PLACED INSIDE BY HIS HELPER NORTH POLE ELVES? COULD/WOULD THE CULPRIT(S) BE CAUGHT IF A SANTA GENERAL ALERT WAS CIRCULATED BY THE HEAD ELF TO WARN A CERTAIN FAMILY THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE GETTING WHAT THEY HOPED FOR/ANTICIPATED! AND WOULD THE (DETECTIVE) CHILDREN BE UP TO HELPING OTHERS FIND WHAT WAS MISSING/STOLEN?OR COULD THEY BE EASILY MISLED?