Conrad Lowry: 2 books

My brother was accused, charged and almost convicted of a brutal beating and murder about 12 years before this story begins. He escaped the charges because he turned state's evidence against his two confederates. We the family did not believe the charges were true. We believed in my brother's proclaimed innocence. This is the story of what happened after that.

Santa discovers there is an Evil Santa. Evil Santa is stealing all the Christmas presents after Santa has placed them in children's homes. Evil Santa wants to ruin Chrstmas for every child. Santa has to find him and stop him. But it is not easy. Santa has magic, but so does Evil Santa.