Last Christmas, Santa said good-bye to a very special friend, as PEEF The Christmas Bear went to live with a child. Oh, how Santa longs to see the little bear he made with his own hands, with bits of cloth from all the elves. Saving PEEF's house for last on his Christmas Eve journey, he peeks through the window to see his little friend, cozy under the covers and in the loving arms of the child. But PEEF has changed. He is a little faded, and a little torn. And most alarming of all, he can no longer say his name!Santa wants to make PEEF like new again. But PEEF understands that he got this way by living life and by being loved. True joy is found "in knowing who you are, and being where you ought to be," a lesson he has learned from Santa himself.

Readers young and old will embrace the wisdom of PEEF's words, in this gentle story of love, respect, friendship and acceptance.

Tom Hegg and Warren Hanson's are the creators of the stories about Peef the multicolored teddy bear.