It's Christmas and Sharona Dugan's favorite time of year. But Sid gets carried away with the excitement of the season and charges way too much for gifts for her family and friends and with planning a party for them. But she sees an out as she applies for part-time work at the new Pamper Palace department store. She thinks that she will be hired as a salesclerk since that is what she knows best. But when she finds herself dressed as one of Santa's elves, things take a sharp turn for the worst. And all her Christmas cheer turns sour as one by one her family and friends desert her for holiday plans of their own. But once again, Sid rises to the occasion and manages to get into situations that involve the law. Can she help uncover the Christmas bandits? And how does she end up in a coffin surrounded by hijackers? As in the first three books of the Sharona Dugan series, Four Fizzling Teal Thursdays provides humor, warmth, and excitement as the divorced mom battles the budget, disappointments, and one grumpy little midget elf.