Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

The Coal Elf Brigade handles the naughty kids. They lose a Fruitcake Conduct Calculator to a child with the screen name "jinglesmell1337". The child is attempting to crack the password to access the naughty or nice list. It's a year later. Magee assigns Coal Elf Noel to join Lanny and Wayne's team. Noel turns out to be Wayne's little brother. Grace Goodwin captures Lanny demanding the password to the Fruitcake. Grace is able to change her status but the database is corrupted and every child is transferring to the Naughty list.

Wayne is still a petty little elf. His big outburst takes me out of the Christmas spirit. Sure he recovers but it's a bit distressing. Since they drop the Fruitcake the year before, I think it would be more compelling if they need to recover before Christmas is over. Waiting a year seems to take the tension out of it. Maybe if Wayne lose the Fruitcake and Noel comes to save the day. That would be a better story.