Christmas Ship

The Christmas Ship, or known as Santa's Ship in some areas, is a El Kadsreian flagged sailing ship that transports Christmas gifts from El Kadsre City to the island of Marion.

Grounding of SS Mt. Shasta
On December the 21st, 1960, the small cargo vessel SS Mt. Shasta grounded on a reef near the island of Marion due to a navigational error, the crew of fifteen were rescued by the local residents on the island who gave them shelter and food as they waited for a ride home, while waiting a then 16-year-old deckhand named Arnold Grayback asked one of the residents what they were doing for Christmas, the response was "We'll see what we can do this year as we don't really have the supplies to do anything like cook a turkey or anything else." Arnold realized that the island of Marion had little resources already and had to have limited supplies shipped to the island to keep it running, when the crew boarded a tugboat for the voyage home, he promised one of the residents that he would someday come back to give the residents a good Christmas.

The Christmas Ship
In September of 1976, a now thirty-two-year-old Arnold Grayback had made a lot of money from his fishing company, Grayback Fisheries, and had remembered his promise to the residents of Marion, using his money, he travelled back to the island of Marion to know what the kids wanted for Christmas, he then and a couple of associates bought the toys they wanted along with turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, etc. On December 24th, 1976, Arnold and a couple employees ventured to the island on a small red fishing boat, and delivered the presents and food, it quickly became a yearly tradition, with Arnold purchasing an old sailing yacht and renaming it to the "Christmas Ship"

The Tradition
By late November, after receiving the letters for what the children on Marion want for Christmas, the items are bought, and the food is made, by December 21st, all of the items are loaded onto the Christmas Ship and on the night of December 24th, the ship leaves its homeport of El Kadsre City bound for the small island, by the morning of December 25th, the ship would've arrived and delivered its payload of presents, turkey, and other Christmas items.