Episode 18 of You Sleigh Me: A Christmas Mystery.
“I think I can guess," I said. "You came back to teach us a lesson – and to scare off all the fake Santas, so you could take their place.”
“Something like that, yes.”
“And why this particular store? Plenty of others are bigger, better, more high-profile.”
“You still don’t understand, do you? Underneath us, deep below the concrete and tarmac of modern New York, are the remains of New Amsterdam. And underneath this store are the remains of America’s very first St. Nicholas’s Church, built in 1689, and destroyed almost 200 years later to make way for this building.”
I sat back in my seat, my mind racing. The old man’s story was fascinating, and I wanted to help him. More than that, I was determined to help him.
I looked up. “Saint Nick,” I said, “I think we can do a deal.”
To be continued...
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