All year long, Santa and Mrs. Claus prepare for Christmas ... but where do they go on vacation? Do they go on a retreat to do yoga and to stretch? Do they go to a museum to learn to paint and sketch? From the author of "Where Do Elves Go on Vacation?", this story continues to push one's imagination. From idea generation to creative thinking skills, your child will have so much fun, they won't realize they are learning too! You'll be amazed at how this book encourages children to ask questions and imagine all the possibilities. The author's use of rhythm and rhyme make it an excellent independent read, bedtime story, or read-aloud! It's beautiful illustrations match the author's playful text and leave you wondering ... where do they go on vacation? While it is perfect for the holidays, this book is a fun read no matter the season!

In this hilarious picture book, Santa recovers from a hectic December by embarking on a campaign of adventure and self-improvement, from international espionage to continuing education (including Elf Esteem and Basic Reindeer Labor Laws). But no matter what he does, he's still Santa Claus.

Santa takes his first vacation in 1, years.

"BLOOMING CHRISTMAS, HERE AGAIN!" Raymond Briggs's hilarious comic strip picture book has amused generations of children, telling the story of grumpy Father Christmas making his rounds on the busiest night of the year. Now reissued in a small gift edition, perfect for slipping into a Christmas stocking . . .

The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both new and old programming languages, and are covered in this book. Understanding Control Flow: With Concurrent Programming Using μC++ starts with looping, and works through each of the basic control-flow concepts, examining why each is fundamental and where it is useful. Time is spent on each concept according to its level of difficulty. Examples and exercises are also provided in this textbook. New programming methodologies are requiring new forms of control flow, and new programming languages are supporting these methodologies with new control structures, such as the concurrency constructs discussed in this textbook. Most computers now contain multi-threading and multi-cores, while multiple processors and distributed systems are ubiquitous — all of which require advanced programming methodologies to take full advantage of the available parallelism summarized in this textbook. Advance forms of control flow are becoming basic programming skills needed by all programmers, not just graduate students working in the operating systems or database disciplines. This textbook is designed for advanced-level students studying computer science and engineering. Professionals and researchers working in this field, specifically programming and software engineering, will find this book useful as a reference.

What does Santa and his elves do for rest of the year while they all have other jobs to do to help with their cost of living?