A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

A Christmas short story by the author of the Oz books. It first appeared in 1904 in The Delineator magazine. According to Wikipedia The story deals with Santa Clauss kidnapping by the Daemons of the caves, in an effort to thwart his yearly delivery of toys. However, Clauss assistants complete the task for him, and later attempt an unnecessary rescue..