What slippery winter hazard across frozen sidewalks turns into Santa's favorite group of well-behaved children the moment you place the letter N in front of it?
Ice (becoming Nice)
This riddle requires an anagram-style letter addition to solve. Slippery frozen water that covers walkways in winter is known as 'ice.' Adding the letter 'N' to the beginning spells 'nice,' which refers to the famous list Santa checks twice to determine who receives Christmas gifts.
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