Karen Lucas currently lives in Southern California.

When my daughters were young, they wondered how Santa Claus could leave his presents for them since we had no chimney. This gave me the idea to create a Christmas story to explain what happens. My picture book, Santa’s Magical Key, a modern version of ’Twas The Night Before Christmas, does just that with the aid of a magical key for Santa. Since my story was written there have been countless versions of the Santa Key lore on the internet. I felt this was the time for my book to secure that legend and become a modern classic for today’s kids.