Merry Christmas Eve- I will be taking the rest of the weekend off and be back to this space on Monday after the holiday, but before I do some book recommendations, a little give-away, and of course some crafty well wishes to you.
Many of you know the classic Tomten book by Astrid Lindgren. It is based on this old poem by Viktor Rydberg. We love this book and have had it on so many winter night reading. Still probably my favorite. This year another Tomten book came onto the market, The Tomtes' Christmas Porridge by Sven Nordquist.
The boys definitely enjoyed the fun details in all of the drawings, and it is an elaboration of leaving out a bowl of porridge for the tomtens on Christmas Eve to thank them for all their hard work on the farm, I am still a purist to the Astrid Lindgren version. I did really like all these Scandinavian/Swedish elements that are all over- I think you will have fun looking at them too. Worth having in your library, but not a replacement for the classic for me!
My Christmas present is a little give-away. I have enjoyed making different versions of Tomten so much over the past year that I thought I would give-away one of the original versions of Tomten and his bowl. Just leave me a comment between now and Wednesday at midnight and I will announce the winner Thursday.
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Merry Christmas everyone, and be sure to remember to leave out that bowl of porridge for your own little tomten tonight!
