Book excerpt: This work presents a delightful and heartwarming Christmas story for children. The Irish dialect used in the story makes it fun to read. Filled with amusing characters and Christmas spirit, it makes an entertaining read for the holidays. Excerpt from Santa Claus' Sweetheart "TERRY O'CONNOR always declared he was born under a happy star, and he also maintained that at the time of his coming into the world it had danced for very joy. This statement, which no matter how much others might doubt but could not dispute, he had direct from his mother's mother, who was present on that most auspicious occasion, and had observed the unusual conduct of the stellar body from the window."