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* ThreeAmigos: Nickolai, Zak and Anneka.
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->Who filled Santa's stocking when ''he'' was a boy?
-->Izzy Raby, the author’s daughter, whose question became the inspiration for the book
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Set several decades into the future. Nickolai is now the Santa we all know and love, [[spoiler:Zak and Anneka are married with children and grandchildren, and Louise lives with them too]].
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Set several decades into the future. Nickolai is now the Santa we all know and love, [[spoiler:Zak and Anneka are married with children and grandchildren, and Louise lives with them too]].too]].
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* OurElvesAreBetter: The beautiful humanoid race, able to live in the coldest region. They draw their magic from the Earth's magnetic field. They were created from ordinary stones (see OurFairiesAreDifferent below).
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* OurElvesAreBetter: OurElvesAreDifferent: The beautiful humanoid race, able to live in the coldest region. They draw their magic from the Earth's magnetic field. They were created from ordinary stones (see OurFairiesAreDifferent below).
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: After several hints throughout the book, the epilogue reveals [[spoiler:Zak and Annika]] get married.
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* FairestOfThemAll: Magda wants world domination all right, but she also wants to be a perfect beauty. Justified, since, after her exile, she has become hideous.
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* VainSorceress: Magda mainly wants: a) herself to be eternally young and beautiful; b) ''everyone'' around to gush over her beauty.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Nickolai's mother Ella becomes the first woman to compete in the elf kingdom's sleigh races and the first woman to win them. Other elves are skeptical about her at first, but when she wins, they cheer for her heartily.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Magda, fiery-tempered sometimes to the point of hysteria, is Red to calm and calculated SoftSpokenSadist Volpo's Blue.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Magda, impatient and fiery-tempered sometimes to the point of hysteria, is Red to calm and calculated SoftSpokenSadist Volpo's Blue.
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* VainSorceress: Magda mainly wants: a) herself to be eternally young and beautiful; b) ''everyone'' around to gush over her beauty.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Magda is Red to Volpo's Blue.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Magda Magda, fiery-tempered sometimes to the point of hysteria, is Red to calm and calculated SoftSpokenSadist Volpo's Blue.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Most blurbs of the book make no secret of the fact that Nickolai is going to become Santa in the end.
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-->Izzy Raby, the author’s daughter, whose question became the inspiration for the book
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* ThreeAmigos: Nickolai, Zak and Anneka.
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* InnocentBlueEyes: The elves have them.
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* InnocentBlueEyes: InnocentBlueEyes:
** The elves havethem.them.
** Subverted with Finn, who's got blue eyes but is anything but innocent.
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** Subverted with Finn, who's got blue eyes but is anything but innocent.
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* CityOfGold: Of false gold, actually, but nonetheless.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Magda is Red to Volpo's Blue.
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* AgeWithoutYouth: Downplayed with [[spoiler:Nickolai]], who becomes immortal but continues to age. However, there are no usual horrors associated with the trope: [[spoiler:Nickolai]] just grows up to old age and then lives on as a happy and healthy ElderlyImmortal.
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* DisappearedDad: Nickolai's birth father dies in an avalanche when Nickolai is just a baby.
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* TheMarvelousDeer: The flying reindeer tribe. They get their flying abilities from aurora borealis.
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* BadassSanta: Nickolai, although he doesn't actually become Santa until the end.
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* IconicOutfit: Even Santa's classic red outfit gets a backstory – it was originally given to the winner of the sleigh races.
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* IconicOutfit: Even Santa's classic red outfit gets a backstory – it was originally given to the winner of his mother for winning the sleigh races.
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* IconicOutfit: Even Santa's classic red outfit gets a backstory – it was originally given to the winner of the sleigh races.
* InnocentBlueEyes: The elves have them.
* InnocentBlueEyes: The elves have them.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare villain-to-villain example. At one point Volpo, TheDragon to Magda, tells her he won't help her further unless she marries him. It's left ambiguous whether he wanted her for her (magically-induced) beauty or her power (or both).
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare villain-to-villain example. At one point Volpo, TheDragon to Magda, tells her he won't help her further unless she marries him. It's left ambiguous whether he wanted her for her (magically-induced) beauty or her power (or both).
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Louise, Anneka's little sister, is a nice child overall but can sometimes be tactless, and in the Golden City it takes her a while to figure Magda is ''really'' not a good witch.
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The elfin kingdom, situated underground near the North Pole, is turned to stone by the WickedWitch Magda (formerly an elf herself, exiled for practicing dark magic), and only a little boy called Nickolai "Nick" survives, thanks to the protection of his Light Fairy Elvina and the help of a flying reindeer Comet, who takes him for a human boy and carries him to a human town further to the south.
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The elfin kingdom, situated underground near the North Pole, is turned to stone by the WickedWitch Magda (formerly an elf herself, exiled for practicing dark magic), and only a little boy called Nickolai "Nick" survives, thanks to the protection of his Light Fairy Elvina and the help of a flying reindeer Comet, who takes him for a human boy and carries him to a human town Norsk further to the south.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The belief in the trope is constantly exploited by Magda. [[spoiler:Played straight, after all, in the sense of "''natural'' beauty equals goodness"]].
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The belief in the trope is constantly exploited by Magda. [[spoiler:Played straight, after all, Played straight in the sense of "''natural'' beauty equals goodness"]].goodness".
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* SecretSanta: Nickolai's first gift-bringing round (sans the reindeer, limited to his little town and performed with the other children's help).
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* OurElvesAreBetter: The beautiful humanoid race, able to live in the coldest region. They draw their magic from the Earth's magnetic field. They were created from ordinary stones (see OurFairiesAreDifferent below).
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Light Fairies (tiny WingedHumanoid females made of golden light) originate from aurora borealis, and each elf has their own Light Fairy (friend, companion and guardian). The Elfin Kingdom came to be when the first Light Fairies effectively created the first elves by bringing stones to life. When Magda devours the Light Fairies, the elves get turned to stone again.
* PointyEars: They come with the ability to control the Earth's magnetic field, as Nickolai learns in Norsk already.
* SecretSanta: Nickolai's first gift-bringing round (sans the reindeer, limited to his little town and performed with the other children'shelp).help).
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Set several decades into the future. Nickolai is now the Santa we all know and love, [[spoiler:Zak and Anneka are married with children and grandchildren, and Louise lives with them too]].
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Light Fairies (tiny WingedHumanoid females made of golden light) originate from aurora borealis, and each elf has their own Light Fairy (friend, companion and guardian). The Elfin Kingdom came to be when the first Light Fairies effectively created the first elves by bringing stones to life. When Magda devours the Light Fairies, the elves get turned to stone again.
* PointyEars: They come with the ability to control the Earth's magnetic field, as Nickolai learns in Norsk already.
* SecretSanta: Nickolai's first gift-bringing round (sans the reindeer, limited to his little town and performed with the other children's
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Set several decades into the future. Nickolai is now the Santa we all know and love, [[spoiler:Zak and Anneka are married with children and grandchildren, and Louise lives with them too]].
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''Nickolai of the North'' is a 2005 children's book by Lucy Daniel Raby. A sequel, ''Nickolai's Quest'', was published in 2007.
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->Who filled Santa's stocking when ''he'' was a boy?
''Nickolai of the North'' is a 2005 children's book by Lucy Daniel Raby. The plot centers around the childhood of a boy who would grow up to be none other than Santa Claus. A sequel, ''Nickolai's Quest'', was published in 2007.
''Nickolai of the North'' is a 2005 children's book by Lucy Daniel Raby. The plot centers around the childhood of a boy who would grow up to be none other than Santa Claus. A sequel, ''Nickolai's Quest'', was published in 2007.
* AnAsskickingChristmas: The main events take place around Christmastime, because Magda's magic is at its strongest during the Winter Solstice.
* BadassSanta: Nickolai, although he doesn't actually become Santa until the end.
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* FairestOfThemAll: Magda wants world domination all right, but she also wants to be a perfect beauty. Justified, since, after her exile, she has become hideous.
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* FairestOfThemAll: Magda wants world domination all right, but she also wants to be a perfect beauty. Justified, since, after her exile, she has become hideous.hideous.
* LeavingFoodForSanta: When Nickolai plans his Christmas mission, he specifies people should leave food for him and for the reindeer.
* SecretSanta: Nickolai's first gift-bringing round (sans the reindeer, limited to his little town and performed with the other children's help).
* LeavingFoodForSanta: When Nickolai plans his Christmas mission, he specifies people should leave food for him and for the reindeer.
* SecretSanta: Nickolai's first gift-bringing round (sans the reindeer, limited to his little town and performed with the other children's help).
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The belief in the trope is constantly exploited by Magda. [[spoiler:Played straight, after all, in the sense of "''natural'' beauty equals goodness"]].
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare villain-to-villain example. At one point Volpo, TheDragon to Magda, tells her he won't help her further unless she marries him. It's left ambiguous whether he wanted her for her (magically-induced) beauty or her power (or both).
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''Nickolai of the North'' is a 2005 children's book by Lucy Daniel Raby. A sequel, ''Nickolai's Quest'', was published in 2007.
The elfin kingdom, situated underground near the North Pole, is turned to stone by the WickedWitch Magda (formerly an elf herself, exiled for practicing dark magic), and only a little boy called Nickolai "Nick" survives, thanks to the protection of his Light Fairy Elvina and the help of a flying reindeer Comet, who takes him for a human boy and carries him to a human town further to the south.
Nickolai is taken in and raised by a childless couple Joe and Hannah and gets teased by most of the local children for his pointed ears. He is only able to make more friends when he thinks up a sleigh competition game and then when he carves toys for the little kids. One day, he stumbles upon the flying reindeer in the nearby forest and learns he is not Joe and Hannah's biological child, which leads to a huge quarrel in the family.
Meanwhile, back in the far north, Magda builds a city of gold to lure people to her realm. The rumors of the city reach Nickolai's town, and he realizes it has something to do with his own origins. Together with the family of his best friend Anneka, he goes to the Golden City. Magda is only too happy: she needs to get Nickolai's Light Fairy for her power to become supreme.
!! The book provides examples of:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Louise, Anneka's little sister, is a nice child overall but can sometimes be tactless, and in the Golden City it takes her a while to figure Magda is ''really'' not a good witch.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Golden City. A breathtaking fairytale realm, covering a totalitarian regime and built on dark magic.
* FairestOfThemAll: Magda wants world domination all right, but she also wants to be a perfect beauty. Justified, since, after her exile, she has become hideous.
The elfin kingdom, situated underground near the North Pole, is turned to stone by the WickedWitch Magda (formerly an elf herself, exiled for practicing dark magic), and only a little boy called Nickolai "Nick" survives, thanks to the protection of his Light Fairy Elvina and the help of a flying reindeer Comet, who takes him for a human boy and carries him to a human town further to the south.
Nickolai is taken in and raised by a childless couple Joe and Hannah and gets teased by most of the local children for his pointed ears. He is only able to make more friends when he thinks up a sleigh competition game and then when he carves toys for the little kids. One day, he stumbles upon the flying reindeer in the nearby forest and learns he is not Joe and Hannah's biological child, which leads to a huge quarrel in the family.
Meanwhile, back in the far north, Magda builds a city of gold to lure people to her realm. The rumors of the city reach Nickolai's town, and he realizes it has something to do with his own origins. Together with the family of his best friend Anneka, he goes to the Golden City. Magda is only too happy: she needs to get Nickolai's Light Fairy for her power to become supreme.
!! The book provides examples of:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Louise, Anneka's little sister, is a nice child overall but can sometimes be tactless, and in the Golden City it takes her a while to figure Magda is ''really'' not a good witch.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Golden City. A breathtaking fairytale realm, covering a totalitarian regime and built on dark magic.
* FairestOfThemAll: Magda wants world domination all right, but she also wants to be a perfect beauty. Justified, since, after her exile, she has become hideous.
