Why does Carl wear the Santa hat?

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Why does Carl the Catfish wear the Santa Hat?

 That’s all my daughter wanted to know. 

What started off as a father writing a simple Christmas tale about a doodle turned into a ten-year quest to find the perfect—sorry, purr-fect—holiday story—an epic journey through the outer limits of the holiday genre where evil Robot Carolers, interdimensional Santas, and Reindeer Teamsters lurk.
 
Until Carl got fed up and left the manuscript—escaping to a place outside space and time where all holiday ideas are born (and nearly destroying every Christmas story that ever was or ever will be in the process).

This is is the true story of what happens when you don’t trust your ideas.   

It’ for every parent or creative struggling with perfectionism.

Anthony Maranville is a writer with screen credits that include Star Trek: Discovery, Monk, and Brain Child (produced by Pharrell Williams). He currently co-writes the fantasy graphic novel series Pandora with comic book legend Frank Miller, and is the co-author of Hide or Seek, written with former co-publisher of DC Comics, Dan DiDio (featured on Reading with Jenna), and the playwright behind the acclaimed show Drinking with Grandma.

“Probably the second or third greatest story about a floating catfish ever told.”