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Christmas is fast approaching and as a mum of two children, I am very keen to keep the Christmas magic alive for as long as I possibly can. Emmy is almost 10 now and Harry 7 so I know I’m on borrowed time. Children stop believing in Santa much earlier these days, on average the age is 8 when those awkward questions start to arise. They hear mumblings in the playground from friends with older siblings and their own belief begins to fade.

I’ve fielded a few doubtful questions from Emmy already, and we’ve gone with “Santa brings presents to those who believe”, she does still, for now, it could be to get more presents but I do think the magic is still alive for her.

Every year, I manage to ‘catch’ Santa in the act, snap a picture and show the kids in the morning. Eddie the elf comes to visit every December and brings more magic with him which certainly helps matters.

I was recently introduced to a beautiful new Christmas book called ‘The Christmas Present’, this is a magical book written by the very talented Alexander McCabe.

Alexander is a self-published Scottish writer who wrote The Christmas Present for his son, and I honestly don’t think it will be long before we see another of his books hitting our shelves. He certainly does have a way with words which keeps you page-turning to see what’s next in the story.

The Christmas Present is a beautifully magical story about a little boy who loses his belief in Santa and runs away to live with his father.

He believes that by living with his father he will be richer and far happier until he meets his very own Elf who shows him that it’s not money which makes you rich.

Every child has their very own Elf, I bet you didn’t know that! Well, they do in this story anyway. Your Elf watches over you and reports back to Santa.

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A beautiful illustration of Gabriel the Elf from the book

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Gabriel’s Elf is called Gabriel (all elves have the same name as their child), he comes to visit with Gladys, Santa’s favourite Reindeer. They arrive to help Gabriel believe again, both in a bid to make him happy again and to stop themselves being banished to the South Pole – Elves are banished to the South Pole when their child stops believing in Santa, only being allowed to return once a child believes again – and no Elf wants to live in the boring South Pole with no friends to play with.

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Gladys the reindeer – Santa’s favourite

Together, with the help of a magic snow globe, they show Gabriel different Christmas days in different houses and he learns that it isn’t the most expensive gifts which make you happy after all.

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I won’t give away too much of the story, you will need to read this for yourself – or with your children! This book is available in WHSmith and on Amazon (aff link). You can purchase the book itself for £7.99 or in a gift presentation box complete with your very own Snow Globe just like in the book, this gift set is available for £19.99. You can also purchase the kindle edition for £2.99.

Alexander will be touring WHSmith stores signing his lovely book – you can find all the dates and locations of the signing on his website www.gabrieltheelf.com.

Giveaway Time

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In time for Christmas, I am giving away this beautiful Christmas story and I’ve 6 copies to giveaway. 3 gift presentation boxes which come with the story and a snow globe of your own and 3 runners up prizes which are the lovely storybook.

To enter, please fill in the rafflecopter form below. This giveaway will end at midnight on 4th December 2019. This giveaway is open to UK entrants only, full T&Cs can be found on the rafflecopter widget.

Good Luck.

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If you are looking for other Christmas stories for children you can find a lovely review here.

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Hi, I'm Clare (Emmy's Mummy). A former Nanny and Mother of 2 - Emmy (born February 2010) and Harry (born October 2012). We are Essex based and share our adventures and misadventures of a busy crazy life.

Comments (93)

  10. Seeing my 2 years old little boys face when he sees that Santa has been, that will be the highlight of my Christmas

  12. I am most looking forward to seeing the kids faces as they open their Christmas presents!! its magical

  16. Christmas with my grandson and helping my daughter to make boxes of goods for homeless people and helping with charity for a local hospice

  19. I’m looking forward to my husband finishing work and the children finishing school so we can have some lovely family time together. It’s such a magical time for children and we love to do fun exciting things together xx

  22. I’m looking forward to getting my Christmas shopping finished and putting up our Christmas tree next week x

  26. I’m looking forward to donating my reverse advent calendar to my local foodbank and baking cakes with my son for the homeless

  27. I am really looking forward to being off work and the kids off school and spending quality time with my family

  28. im looking foward to 3 weeks of uni! get to spend some time with my daughter i can not wait!x

  31. I am really looking forward to Christmas Day to have all the family over for dinner playing games and opening presents love this quality time with them.

  34. A bit of snow I would love to take the kids sledging we don’t get a lot this year and I keep hearing the rumours of it being a beast of a winter so fingers crossed

  35. i am looking forward to seeing my sons faces on xmas morning and having some qaulity family time

  36. I am looking forward to seeing happy little faces when my grandchildren open their Christmas presents!

  45. im looking forward to taking my daughter to christmas gym party tomorrow and seeing her face when she sees santa

  58. I’m looking forward to December, because of Christmas but also because we have so many family birthdays in December. We have to wait all year and then it’s everything at once. We have Christmas Eve and Boxing Day birthdays too!

  62. Christmas with my husband being off work and our 8 children, its also our new baby’s first Christmas so extra special!

  63. I’m looking forward to spending time with my family this Christmas, with no pressure to do anything be anywhere but at home with the kids, no guilt involved!!

  70. Seeing my 2 yr old granddaughter’s face when she opens her Christmas presents, and also doing Christmassy things leading up to the day. She is more aware this year

  79. I’m looking forward to the fairy lights being up as they make the house more cosy, and I am also looking forward to seeing how excited my daughter gets for christmas

  80. I’m looking forward to starting my new job and leaving a bully behind in my present one!

  81. I’m looking forward to being able to spend some quality time with my family this Christmas!

  86. what a beautiful story! I love all things christmassy – taking the time out to just be with people – snuggle up, good books, good food, music and movies xx

  89. My son coming home from University for Christmas. It’s his first term & he is a 3 1/2 hour drive away so we haven’t seen him since mid September & I’ve really missed him.

  91. Spring! Love to see the first little crocus, snowdrops and daffs come into bloom just after Christmas.

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