Perched on the harbor in Old Bridgeport Village is The Magic Door, a mysterious shop owned by toy maker and inventor Sam Thacher. His emporium is named after the magical door – the ancient, padlocked one you see behind him – a portal through which Sam plans to some day retire from the real world to a world of imagination…a place called the Great Kettles. When Sam’s friend Father Christmas comes calling, however, he learns he’ll be embarking on this adventure sooner than he thinks. - DM

ABOUT THE GREAT KETTLES. The Great Kettles is home to a number of magical figures: The Man in the Moon, The Mystic Mariner, Father Time, The Sandman, The Cloud Keeper, The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon, The Sisters of the Bridge, Trundles, Trolls, Mogg the Giant along with his four brother Giants (one for each season), Vidalia Potts, The Onion Lady, Old Man Winter…and a population of Shadow Tailors, Fence Viewers, Stone Counters, Scribners, Peddlers, Cooks and Crooks like Kudgell the Wayward Wizard. They have a game called Bowl a Troll where they roll Trolls at large (man-sized) wooden pins. The Troll, unlike a bowling ball, attempts to destroy the pins with a war-axe or sword as he flies into them. The Troll with the most destroyed wooden pins is the winner. - DM