Every year at the North Pole, it's the same story. Santa makes his list. He checks it twice. The nice children wake up on Christmas morning to a pile of presents. The naughty children get a lump of coal.

But don't the naughty children deserve a little Christmas joy too? One elf thinks so. He thinks it's time Santa's workshop did things a little differently.

Even if he has to take matters into his own hands.

This short story is 2700 words long. It is also available in Santa's Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.