"Escaping to NYU for college didn't turn out the way Cameron planned--he's flunking his theater classes, about to lose his scholarship, and he still hasn't found anyone he can call his 'people.' When he gets home for winter break, he's so desperate to avoid a conversation with his dad that he takes the first acting job he can get--as a Christmas elf. This is no normal holiday mall gig. The bourgie Santaland is running a contest that allows shoppers to vote on their favorite elf. Cam is willing to deal with a supercharged game of 'the customer is always right,' though, if that's what it takes to nab the cash prize. But the competition is fierce--especially from fellow elf Marco, who's everything Cam isn't. Christmas spirit oozes out of his pores. At first Cam is determined to see him as nothing but a rival, but as they spend more time together, Cam starts to second-guess himself. And when he finds out the real reason Marco needs the money, he's torn. What if Cam doesn't actually want to go back to NYU? What if he's finally found his people here--in the fakest consumerist nightmare place on Earth, where he least expected it?"--Dust jacket flap.
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