Living in Norfolk it often seemed that our Christmases were cold and frosty and we would huddle round the fire playing board games and eating. When a tree seemed too expensive one year, I remember we made a ‘tree’ by tying two rather flat yew branches together at right angles to each other! It looked pretty convincing when it was decorated! We always had a real tree and decorated it just before Christmas with lots of handed-down decorations and many we had made ourselves. Our Christmas celebrations were simple and rural. I clearly remember the magic of Christmases when I was a child. So, for the last year, and right through lockdown, I have been working on Little Bear and the Silver Star. Some time ago I wrote and illustrated Jolly Snow, which is a winter book and therefore, I felt, had a longer shelf life than one purely about Christmas.įinally, however, I decided that, because of all the wonderful things I would be able to put into my illustrations, I would really enjoy taking on a Christmas project. I have wanted to write and illustrate a Christmas book for many years.
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