You are holding in your hands the real story of Father Christmas. You may know him by other names - Father Frost, Santa Claus, Yul Tomten or the strange fat man with a white beard who talks to deer and gives gifts. But that was not always his name. Once upon a time in Finland there lived a boy named Nicholas. Although fate treated him unkindly, Nicholas believed in miracles with all his heart. And when his father disappeared on an expedition to the Arctic Circle, the boy did not despair and went to look for him. Nicholas could not even imagine that there, behind the curtain of the northern lights, he would meet elves, trolls, mischievous pixies and magic. In the midst of endless snow, he will have to believe that nothing is impossible in the world.