Christopher Berry

Tale of the Twinkles Christopher Berry

Have you ever wondered where Christmas crackers really come from? You're about to find out. . . It's Christmas Day and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas crackers. What are they? Why do we pull them at Christmas dinner? Why do they always have a toy, a paper crown and a bad joke inside them? And why do they make a loud popping sound? So Granny tells a story. A story about Timothy and Tiberius Twinkle and their son, Charlie-Basil. A long time ago, the evil witch Murmur hatched a fiendish plan to rid East Pudding of the Twinkles. A plan that would lead to the creation of the first ever Christmas cracker. . . The East Pudding Chronicles: Tale of the Twinkles is the third in a series of five books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and step into a whole new world of wizards, fairies, elves and monsters - and discover the secrets of Christmas.