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 == Publisher's summary ==
-When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in [[London]] on the [[1 December|first of December]] [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] decides to treat his companions to a proper [[Christmas]] holiday...even down to dragging out the [[Baker Street]] [[Advent Calendar]].
+When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in [[London]] on the [[1 December|first of December]] [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] decides to treat his companions to a proper [[Christmas]] [[holiday]]...even down to dragging out the [[Baker Street]] [[Advent Calendar]].
-But elsewhere in the city a department store [[Santa Claus|Santa]] is starting to have a very unnerving month. He's on a collision course with the time travellers. Is it going to be a Happy Christmas?
+But elsewhere in the city [[Al Norton|a department store Santa]] is starting to have a very unnerving month. He's on a collision course with the time travellers. Is it going to be a Happy Christmas?
 == Plot ==
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 [[Al Norton]], a Santa Claus struggling with [[alcoholism]], inexplicably hears [[Christmas carol]]s. When [[Isla (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Isla]] is brought to his grotto by [[Isla's father|her father]], he recognises her voice as that of the caroller, but she disappears before he can go after her and he takes an early lunch. When Charley and Audacity visit to hire a Santa, [[Isobel (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Isobel]], an elf, directs them to inquire at [[Great Grottoes Ltd]]. The Doctor does so and meets [[Santa Nicholas]], who books them in for [[22 December]].
+After a sleepless [[night]] because of an apparent [[hallucination]] of a woman crying over a dead girl, Al gets [[inebriation|drunk]] and is told by Santa Nicholas to stay home for two weeks when he tells a child that Father Christmas is not real. Isobel too is left without a job for two weeks as Santa Nicholas's wife takes her place, but they are assigned to the Baker Street party and visit to sort the preparations. Al runs away upon seeing Audacity, however, so Isobel sorts everything instead. The next day, the Doctor, Charley and Audacity go to his flat to check on him and have the door closed on them when he hears the caroller.
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 * [[Santa Nicholas]] / [[Isla's father|Father]] - [[David Hall]]
 * [[Isobel (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Isobel]] / [[Neighbour (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Neighbour]] - [[Natalie Gumede]]
-* [[Isla (Twenty-Four Days in December)|Isla]] / [[Suzanne (Twenty-Four Days in December)|Suzanne]] - [[Eleanor Bennett]]
+* [[Isla (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Isla]] / [[Suzanne (Twenty-Four Doors in December)|Suzanne]] - [[Eleanor Bennett]]
 == Worldbuilding ==
 * Behind the doors of the Advent calendar are the following:
-** [[2 December]]: The [[fire escape]] from the staff area of a large [[department store]].
+** [[2 December]]: The [[fire escape]] from the staff area of the [[department store]].
-** [[3 December]]: The [[kitchen]] door in Baker Street.
+** [[3 December]]: The [[kitchen]] door in 107 Baker Street.
 ** [[4 December]]: The back exit of a [[double decker bus]].
-** [[5 December]]: The [[revolving door]] at the front of a large department store.
+** [[5 December]]: The [[revolving door]] at the front of the department store.
 ** [[6 December]]: The front entrance of Santa's [[grotto]].
 ** [[7 December]]: The [[Great Grottoes Ltd]] [[office]]s.
 ** [[8 December]]: The door of [[Al Norton]]'s [[bedroom]].
+** [[9 December]]: The back exit of Santa's grotto.
+** [[10 December]]: The entrance to the staff room in the department store.
+** [[11 December]]: The front door of 107 Baker Street.
+** [[12 December]]: The front door of Al's flat.
+** [[13 December]]: Isobel's flat.
 * [[Peter Rogers]] made thirty films based on [[double entendre]]s.
 * [[Advent calendar]]s were first made several decades after [[1812]] by [[Germany|German]] [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] or German mothers looking for an excuse to give her children sweets.
 * Charley makes a [[Christmas pudding]].
+* The Doctor asks Al if he is [[Ebenezer Scrooge]].
+* The Doctor mentions his [[500 Year Diary]].
 == Notes ==