Sloth Plays Santa on Christmas Eve A Short Children's Story written by Margie Sue Brogdon. On Christmas Eve, a Sloth assumes the role of Santa Claus and celebrates the holiday. Almost immediately after Sloth was made aware of the concept of Christmas, he became eager to gather as much information as possible concerning the occasion. When he intended to play the part of Santa Claus, he got an amazing surprise. The story "Sloth Plays Santa on Christmas Eve" was initially published on Sloth of The Day (slothoftheday.com) many years ago. We have been working toward turning it into a tangible book for a very long time, and now we have finally published it. Within the book, which is 6 inches by 9 inches in size, there are a total of 32 pages! The original art was created for this book by Award-winning watercolorist Jim Christiansen.