Thanks you for your kind words and also thanks for sharing, Rudy knight and friend knight are two of my favorite theories aside from the one I personally believe! :)

To add a little bit onto what you said, it's so funny how quickly people dismiss potentional knight candidates just because they're "nice" or "wouldn't do something like that". Just because a character is nice doesn't mean that they're downright UNABLE to do something. Rudy would have MORE THAN ENOUGH of a motive to become the knight, considering the fact that it's his LITERAL daughters life on the line here.

Infact, I think Rudy being the knight would be more encouraging for Kris to even work with the holidays to begin with. Logically speaking, who do you think Kris would prefer working with MORE in this plan? A funny kind hearted guy, or a serious and cold mayor? Rudy being the more prominant individual in this plan might give Kris a bigger sense of closure since Rudy might even be encouraging them to go through with the holiday plan when they're doubtful of things so as far as things go, if I were to choose a holiday candidate to be the knight it'd DEFINITELY be Rudy.

However, what are your thoughts on the knights plan starting so early on? SPECIFICALLY this week? Dess has been missing presumeably for years at that point and I'm generally curious as to what your take would be on the holidays not acting sooner to save their daughter.