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Forget sleigh bells — this year it’s flight cases and fog machines. The reindeer are harnessed and hauling the rig: matte-black road cases stamped Santa’s Work Box, flight tags from Lapland to London. Is it temperature controlled? Of course it is. Inside, precision-packed snowballs, coiled fairy-light cables that never tangle, and one perfectly calibrated star for the tree. It’s Christmas, but make it load-in day. A tribute to every crew who’s ever spent a holiday under truss and LEDs, keeping the magic on cue. A small ornament for those who know that behind every show — and every sleigh ride — there’s a case labelled Fragile: Wonder Inside.