That came a lot slower, but the initial, immediate thunderbolt was definitely the character Auntie Claus.
From there I built on that and came to Sophie and the rest of the family.
Then I thought, maybe she’s the force behind Christmas, the helper or the mastermind. The whole idea was, Is she real or is she not real? And that’s all I had at that point. She says that at this point, she jumped out of the shower to write all her ideas down so that she didn’t forget any of it. And as soon as I said it, the whole character came to mind: an eccentric woman who keeps her Christmas lights on all year long. And I played with words that rhymed: Aunta Claus, Santy Claus, Auntie Claus. A play on words, a play on a song, or an expression, so I started fooling around with titles and words and I’m taking a shower, right? Then I thought about Santa Claus. I get great ideas in the shower, and I was thinking about what makes a really good Christmas book. Primavera notes that later that same day, she took a shower.
This Christmas, Saks will feature Auntie Claus-themed windows next Christmas, a live-action film adaptation starring Rosie O’Donnell will premiere. By answering some of those questions, however, a central theme emerges: it is far better to give than receive. The result is Auntie Claus, a book that reveals some of the mysteries behind the daily operations of Santa’s shop. I went home and decided I would try to do this. Something that elaborates on Santa Claus, the elves, the North Pole, and what goes on up there. Something that you could sit down with a child a couple of weeks before Christmas and the story gets them really excited about the holiday. Primavera is a huge fan of the holiday and decided, after her fruitless search, maybe she should write a Christmas book, something that takes the magical, fun aspect of the holiday and presents it in a way that’s not cliche. A lot of Christmas books almost try not to be terribly, terribly Christmasy. I wanted something that dealt with the Santa Claus/North Pole aspect that makes the actual theme of the holiday more real. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and four years ago, author Elise Primavera was in need of a Christmas book for a very young friend.
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