Uncle Christmas is based on a character invented by Wicked Uncle, home of brilliant presents.
The Great Christmas Delivery
The 5th Uncle Christmas story. Read by me, Richard, for Storynory.
Story by Bertie.
Read by Richard.
Proofread and audio edited by Jana Elizabeth.
Uncle Christmas Story by Wicked Uncle - backdrop of houses by Shutterstock.
Now I don’t want to give away too many secrets about Father Christmas, because that might destroy some of his magical mystery, but in order to tell the story, I do have to explain a few things.
Even though Father Christmas travels incredibly fast in his sleigh, he can’t deliver the entire world’s presents anymore. He used to, in days gone by, but now we are getting on for 8 billion people in the world, it’s just impossible to do it all on his own. Stubborn though he is, he has had to recruit elves to help him in his vast task. It’s also true that many modern houses lack chimneys, and even in the old ones, many of the chimneys have been blocked up. Father Christmas and his elves resort to coming in through the window, and if the window is locked, they have to use a jemmy to break it open. Of course a little magic fixes any damage after they have left, but technically, they are breaking the law, and sometimes unplanned things happen; like burglar alarms go off or dogs awake from their Christmas slumbers and go crazy. The whole business is a lot more risky than it used to be.
Which is why Uncle Christmas suggested some novel ideas to the head steward.
“Listen Dusty,” he said. “Why don’t we start the deliveries early this year? And what about this for a revolutionary, game changing plan? How about we ring the doorbell and deliver the presents like the civilised, law-abiding Vikings we are?”
“Because,” said Dusty, “the kids will see us, and they will open the presents early, and that will spoil the excitement of Christmas.”
“Not if we come when they are out,” said Uncle Christmas. “And not if we make the presents invisible until Christmas morning.”
“Well that won’t work,” protested Dusty.
“Why not?” asked Uncle Christmas. “Go on, lay it on me, where’s the fault in my logic this time?”
“The problem is,” said Dusty, “that it won’t work.” But he couldn’t think of a reason why it wouldn’t work. So Uncle Christmas’s plan won the day.
Half way through December, the elves set out from the desert in their new, souped-up sleighs. Most of them had magic motors fitted, and were even more up-to-date, pollution free, and speedy than Uncle Christmas’s own three-wheeled vehicle. A few had to make do with magic camel power, which was only a tad slower, but considerably more smelly.
They succeeded in delivering 75% of the presents before school broke up for the Christmas holidays. This was crucial to their plans because most of the kids were out at their lessons, and did not see the gifts arrive. For the smaller children, who weren’t yet at school, and might see them arrive, they hid the presents in a place behind a bush or a dustbin, and left a note for the parents. The presents vanished by magic as soon as they were put in a better hiding place like under the stairs or on top of Mum’s cupboard.
It was a good thing that they started early, because the whole business of ringing the doorbell proved to be much slower than sneaking in and out through the window.
Uncle Christmas also started to appreciate how complicated the whole business was. You had to deliver the presents in the right order, to avoid coming to a certain street in a certain city one day, and then returning a week later. And it was far more efficient if you could blitz an entire area in one go, but then you would get some late orders in and you’d have to return. And as they were coming along at street level, they had to put up with modern irritations like traffic jams, congestion charges, one way streets, parking restrictions, and weirdly numbered houses.
The worst thing that would happen is that they would deliver the wrong present to the wrong house and then have to come back again and exchange it for the right one.
Well that was the worst thing - until, on the 24th of December, Uncle Christmas met with an even bigger disaster. He was flying over Chukotka, which is in the north of Russia and not far from Alaska, when his motor trike broke down. He managed to land on the ice, but there was no way he could start it again. Even his magic spanner was no use because he had blown a gasket and all the magic mead that powered his engine had leaked out.
It was no use. He had to call the elf garage and ask them to send out a spare part. It was an annoyingly long wait - almost 7 minutes - before he heard the approaching rescue vehicle announce itself with tinkling sleigh bells.
“Humph,” he said to himself, “still stuck in the past aren’t we?”
But he was of course glad to know that he would soon be on his way. However, he was less pleased when he saw the face of his rescuer and the white beard and ruddy cheeks of his brother.
“Ho, ho, ho,” boomed Father Christmas. “Your magic trike has broken down has it? None of my reindeer have broken down. Not once. Not in two whole millennia.”
“Just give me the gasket and the fuel and let me get on my way,” said Uncle Christmas. “I’ve got a job to do, and I haven’t got time for all this smart talk.”
“Here you are!” said Father Christmas, “an early present!” And handed over the spare part wrapped in paper with a pink bow.
“Cheers bro,” said Uncle Christmas, and without further ado he fixed up the part, filled up the tank and went on his way.
It was 6 in the morning when he delivered the final present to an address in Paddington, Sydney. Under the old system, when everything was delivered just in time, Father Christmas started in Australia and worked his way North but following Uncle Christmas’s plan of beginning early, there was always the chance of a last minute order taking him on a final dash back down south, and that is exactly what happened.
By the time he got back home to his base in the Sahara, he found that the Ice Palace had melted in the desert sun. All the elves were fed up, and demanding a blast of freezing cold air.
“All right,” said Uncle Christmas. “You’ve all done magnificently, so your wish is granted. Me personally, would love to head for the beach, but you elves can have your way. We’ll celebrate Christmas Day in Siberia.”
And that’s what they did. But before they finally tucked into their Christmas lunch, Uncle Christmas had to find just one more present. It had to be an extra special present for an extra special person. Even a super-duper styrofoam gun or a collapsing pocket football would not do.It had to be something that was quite out of this world. Which is why he took the trike to a shop on the other side of the cosmos called ‘Wicked Alien’ where they sell radars that can pick up passenger jets and flying saucers and warn of a collision in time to take evasive action. He bought two, one for himself, and one for his brother, Father Christmas. So that even if he insisted on driving a two thousand year old sleigh, he wouldn’t risk a mid-air collision with a modern aircraft.
Father Christmas accepted the present with thanks and good grace, and in return gave his brother a giant hug and a bottle of Mead from Odin’s own cellar. And they both celebrated the best family Christmas they had enjoyed in centuries.
And that was ‘The Great Christmas Delivery’, the 5th Uncle Christmas story. Written by Bertie and read by me, Richard Scott for Storynory.com. And I'd just like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
See you next year!
I liked it becuse he give avery person ,a preasinet.
Bb — December 25, 2017
Thanks. My 9 years old son liked your story
Fara — December 25, 2017
Wow I’m so happy u put the stories one after another! I’m sad the series ended though
Donna — December 25, 2017
yes, third comment! pretty good and is this the end of the uncle christmas series?
Rogue_Shadow^^ — December 25, 2017
It’s the final episode yes.
Jana Elizabeth — December 25, 2017
this was good beacuse it talk a about a gradpa name uncle christmas
ali — December 25, 2017
good job with this story
Ali — December 25, 2017
its a good story it talk a about a grandpa name uncle christmas
Wisam — December 25, 2017
Wonderful!
Alyssa — December 26, 2017
10th comment! Can you make a story with gaming youtubers in it?
Ronan the — December 26, 2017
Amazing!
Ty — December 27, 2017
Can you start up again next year on Uncle Christmas?
🎅THANK YOU🎅
Merry Christmas!
Perry5platypus — December 27, 2017
I loved it… When are you starting up the Birdy stories again?
Isha — December 27, 2017
good
Anonymous — December 27, 2017
i liked it but is uncle Christmas santa
Secrate someone — December 27, 2017
good
ava — December 28, 2017
I like it
every week l want to read uncle christmas
koushyar — December 29, 2017
Hi I’m fin can you do a season about a gamer who gets trapped in the digital world & keep up the good work
Love fin 📕📗📘📙📚
Fin — December 29, 2017
too long
zahra — January 1, 2018
I like the music.
Preston — January 2, 2018
i only watch this on storynory love it please reply bertie or jana
blablablaaaaaaaa — January 3, 2018
my cat died …………………. sooooooo sssssaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
me myself and i — January 3, 2018
Dear me myself I am very sorry to hear about your cat. I am planning to write a catty story later in new year.
Bertie — January 3, 2018
I like your stories this was a nic bedtime story🙂
Filli bo — January 3, 2018
yes. I love it
Anonymous — January 3, 2018
nice
jack — January 4, 2018
i love it
ailyssa — January 4, 2018
i like it
ariel — January 4, 2018
Love this
Evie — January 4, 2018
I like It
Awadh — January 5, 2018
wow!wonderful story!
it’s so funny,and i love it!
lucy — January 5, 2018
i like your stories
justin — January 5, 2018
amazing story love it
amani — January 5, 2018
Merry Christmas to all this story was a funny book
Dylan — January 6, 2018
I LOVE it so much!
Alex Watson — January 6, 2018
Me myself and I I’m sad that you’re cat died
Anonymous — January 8, 2018
Cool😍😍😍😍😍😍😘🤖👾
Jose the gamer — January 8, 2018
Hello my name is Kirito and I reallllllllly like your books, they always give me something to talk about. You are the BEST person that is not in my family but still😃.
P.S. I sent a note before plz respond to this one 😊 Bye
Kirito — January 9, 2018
Thank you Krito
Jana Elizabeth — January 9, 2018
This is the best thing that’s happened to me throughout my whole entire life you’re very very generous to actually reach out to my comments thank you so much, I hope u had a merry Christmas and a happy new year from your friend Kirito🌈🌈
PS I have a friend named Sophie (nickname Yui) who I think would like to talk to you. Thank you and bye 🙂 =====}==========> I love swords
Kirito — January 10, 2018
Thanks Krito. Yes your friend is welcome to leave comments
Jana Elizabeth — January 10, 2018
AWSOME!!!!!
Hayden — January 11, 2018
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Valentin — January 12, 2018
Is this the last in the series?
Newton-nerd2000 — January 17, 2018
Yes
Jana Elizabeth — January 17, 2018
Uncle Christmas rules!
Newton-nerd2000 — January 17, 2018
Uncle Christmas is amazing!
Newton-nerd2000 — January 17, 2018
that is a good book
Chloe — January 17, 2018
ahhh that was sweet for his brother
Anonymous — January 18, 2018
my son loves this story
xander — January 18, 2018
listen to it every time I’m on
hayden — January 19, 2018
I LOVE IT
Anonymous — January 22, 2018
I ❤️ it so good😘😘👌🏽
Shambhavi — January 26, 2018
Thank you for reading this week to me my dad and mom loves it
Krish — January 28, 2018
Thank you for books today, it has lot of information and I like it a lot, Uncle Christmas was very funny because how they Invited kids to the north pole thank you and bye Richard.
Krish — January 28, 2018
I’m so sad that it had to end it is so interesting
Malik’s Salie — February 14, 2018
l loved it
Kerasya — February 21, 2018
A best story ever.😘😘I love 😍😍it.
Isis — February 23, 2018
I love Uncle Christmas I have read all the books and they,re so good so far I just love them!
Angelina — March 5, 2018
yes it was intresting but he breathed to much and you can here it good book but to slow and boring make it more exciting
jayden — March 14, 2018
can you make more books please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jayden — March 14, 2018
so cool
kenneth — March 29, 2018
i like uncle christmas story.
corbi — March 29, 2018
i like it
corbin tracy — March 29, 2018
I loved it . Nice one Bertie
Thompson — April 4, 2018
best story ever
Dusty — May 28, 2018
HO HO HO I’m Santa and I just wanted to let u know marry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy your presents kids
Santa — May 30, 2018
the series is so cool
Anonymous — June 22, 2018
A realy good story
Jesus — September 6, 2018
I LOVE THIS BOOK
kendal — September 17, 2018
So good 😊 amazing
Ava — September 27, 2018
Fab love 💕 it Wwwooooooo brilliant and cooler than anything
Ava!!! — September 27, 2018
Do a nother uncle christmas 🎄 story please , or is that the finle episode? .????
Ava 😽😽 — October 8, 2018
Is this the final episode? by the way huge fan of storynory yyyaaayyyy
Ava grace — October 8, 2018
I liked this story book because it has an amazing word in it that I love.
Cadence Roberts April 5th 2009 — October 12, 2018
It is Cooooooooooooooooooool.
Joshua 8 yeras. — December 5, 2018
I don’t like it because it had to end.
Michael — December 14, 2018
But thanks for making this story
Michael — December 14, 2018
Dear Michael, I’m glad you enjoyed this series so much !
Bertie — December 14, 2018
Love
Anonymous — December 17, 2018
cool story
kyndra — December 18, 2018
good story
tamim — December 23, 2018
so fun story
I love this kind of story
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ruan — January 7, 2019
why the storymaker can write this fun story!!!!!
fmonky john sina — January 7, 2019
I LOVE CHISTMAS MERRY CRISTLER
SANTA — January 24, 2019
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jayden and louke — February 14, 2019
Father christmas here. well done. ho ho ho.
Father christmas — March 17, 2019
😎 cool🎅🏻😎
Yeah — July 17, 2019
I like and love it.
Elizabeth Morgan Green — July 18, 2019
I love it.
Elizabeth Morgan Green — July 18, 2019
HO HO HO I love that story
santa — September 6, 2019
A very good story
Chloe and James — November 4, 2019
its bad
mau — December 20, 2019
This is my first time go to see at here and i am really happy to read all at single place.
KaliJNarvaez — June 1, 2020
make more please replay thank you
E — November 4, 2020
I loved 😍😍😍this story good job Bertie thanks 😊 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Charlotte — January 21, 2021
Amazing work guys, my kids listen to one of these every night while in bed. They absolutely love these short stories. We would love more UNCLE CHRISTMAS stories 🤗🤗🤗
Angus and Poppy — February 3, 2021