Meg and Michaels house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade The theme is The Twelve Days of Christmasnbspand it featuresnbsptwelve drummers from the school marching band elevennbspbagpipers ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department etc There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh eight reindeer were beyond the zoos scopenbspMeg has been volunteered to organize the parade which is to proceed from her house to the local campus where Santa will take up residence to hear the Christmas wishes of the towns children Of course getting all the camels pipers leapers and drummers in order is proving every bit as difficult as Meg feared it would be Then her nephew Eric wide-eyed and ashen-faced whispers Meg somethings wrong with SantanbspThe local curmudgeon whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role has been murdered Now Meg and Chief Burke who is playing one of the wise men are faced with the two-fold mission of solving the murder and saving ChristmasnbspReaders can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery---this one filled with outrageous Christmas spiritand mayhem.
