The Long Lost Introduction of Captain Christmas and his sidekick Cousin Gumbo

The Kid and Cousin Gumbo in full Christmas Super Hero regailia.

For most people the key figure of Christmas is Santa Claus, but those in the know, know the person who really makes Christmas go is The Kid, or more specifically his Christmas alter ego, Captain Christmas. Captain Christmas is the official super hero of Christmas, and like most super heros he has a side kick, in his case it is his Cousin Gumbo. Being remarkably young(most experts agree Gumbo maybe the youngest Sidekick on record) Gumbo is still in training, so he isn't completely up on some of the key sidekick tasks, such as moving and uttering catch phrases. He does however emit a very entertaining pterodactyl squeak.

Cousin Gumbo recovering from a particularly energetic petrotacyl squeak.

Since neither Captain Christmas nor Cousin Gumbo are supremely mobile(Captain Christmas has only recently learned how to access areas protected by stairs going up, and he still is a bit stymied by stairs going down.) they take care of some more obscure tasks related to making Christmas happen, while Santa takes care of some of the flashier Christmas tasks, like delivering presents. Captain Christmas's main focus is stopping evil poorly faked Santa beards. This mostly involves sitting on the laps of mall Santas, and grabbing a fist full of beard and shaking. Most Santas are a little surprised by this, but quickly recover, and generally they appreciate Captain Christmas's efforts to keep the riff raff out of the mall santa ranks. Although, mall Santas initially appreciate the effort, they do occasionally become a little preturbed by the arduous task of disengaging Captain Christmas from the beard. Captain Christmas likes to make sure he's very thorough in his testing of the beard, and occasionally doesn't let go for a while.

Footage from one of Captain Christmas missions to check out mall santas.

In addition to stopping evil Santas, Captain Christmas also spends a fair amount of time inspecting christmas wrapping paper. His inspection method is unique put effective. He tends to grab paper fling in the air and then krinkle it a bit to test the structural integrity of the paper. Then he drags the paper over his head to check for both visual and ollfactory imperfections. Most people wouldn't think to check paper for smell issues, but not the hyper-dedicated Captain Christmas.

Captain Christmas really gets involved in wrapping paper inspections.

When not inspecting Santa beards and wrapping paper, Captain Christmas is often on rogue elf patrol. Many people don't know the stress of getting all the toys made by Christmas and the 6 months of freezing cold and no sunlight, can occasionally drive elves rogue. Because of this Captain Christmas make regular patrols to look for the elves. These patrols usually involve crawling about in his special Captain Christmas cape and looking in all unlocked cabinets, drawers and toy bins. You never know where the rogue elves could be hiding, and Captain Christmas does enjoy a good chaotic emptying of a cabinet, drawer or toy bin.

Nobody ever expects the Elvish Inquisition, except Captain Christmas who is constantly on patrol for rogue elves.