Describes how Kris Kringle, an orphaned baby raised by elves, came to be the world's favorite gift giver by struggling to bring toys and happiness to the children of Sombertown.
Terry McGinnis, the new Batman, foils the Blight's attempt to steal some zeliconium and blow up the city, and, at the same time, discovers and aids a group of orphans living in the tunnels under the city.
Describes the disastrous maiden voyage of the Titanic, "the safest ship ever built, " which sank after colliding with an iceberg in the spring of 1912.