A Christmas story book made by students in the eTwinning project "TEEN READERS IN ACTION (TRIA)" in Málaga (Spain) Ioannina (Greece) and Ruse (Bulgaria)

Written by  Lucía Díaz,Lucía Mora, Carla, Rubén (Spain) , Raya, Mihaela, Anna, Semir (Bulgaria) and  Alexandros, Kostas, George (Greece), illustrated by Lola (Spain)

A CHRISTMAS TRIP TO BRAZIL

One day, two teenagers called Truman and Milos were feeling really and, as Christmas was approaching, they devised an evil plan: kidnapping Santa Claus. They were very mean and this way, they would take all the gifts.They went to the airport and got into the suitcase of some Koreans that were heading toward the North Pole. 

Everything was going well, but suddenly there was a breakdown and their plane landed in Brazil. They didn't know that because they were in the backpack.  When they came out of the suitcase they were very surprised.

Although they did not know geography well, they were sure it was not the North Pole. They could still get into other passenger’s suitcase and make their cruel prank a reality. But they were very tired after the uncomfortable trip in the Korean suitcase.

They faced the difficult task of figuring out where they are without knowing the language. They tried to gesture, they remembered all the English lessons they had slept through, but no one understood them. Later, when it was already dark, an old grandfather with a gray beard came to them and said Merry Christmas. 

It was Santa Claus and he offered to help them to go back home and he took them on the sleigh. But he didn't know their plan. As the sleigh was flying, suddenly, they grabbed Santa's bag and they jumped. As they were falling they realized that they were in the middle of the ocean. All of a sudden´, they were soaking wet.

A bell sounded in the distance, it was the alarm clock and they woke up in their rooms as if after a terrible dream.

Written by Leyre, Hugo, Augusto (Spain),  Viktoriya, Simon, Diana (Bulgaria) and Aggeliki, Areti, Xenia (Greece)

illustrated by Lola (Spain)

THE PRESENT FACTORY

Once upon a time there was a group of friends that didn’t believe in Xmas. One day they met outside of their neighborhood to investigate what was happening there. While they were walking around, they found something strange in a little street. They found a ball that took them to another place…

A magical place, something they've never seen before. The factory where they make Christmas presents. The friends were surprised to learn that Xmas was actually real. They looked around and found many elves and polar bears making and packaging presents for the holiday. Everything was really pretty and full of decorations.  

They had to be careful so no one saw them. They wanted to have some presents and started putting stuff into their pockets. And then someone with green hair and brown eyes found them…

It was Grinch who wanted to destroy Christmas. He abducted them and brought them to an igloo to blackmail them into ruining Christmas. Then, Santa rescued them and together they shared the presents around the world. After that, they believed in Christmas.

Written by Ulises, Marcos, Alejandro (Spain), Nikol, Monika Todorova, Georgi Todorov (Bulgaria) and Alexandra, Aggeliki, Stefania, Glykeria, Nancy, Aggelos (Greece), illustrated by Soraya (Spain)

ALL TOGETHER

Once upon a time  there was a boy that every year celebrated Christmas with his family, especially with his older brother. As time went by, the older brother became more independent until a moment in which now he didn’t celebrate Christmas with her little sister because he thought that his little sister was not mature enough to stay with him. 

The older brother loved Christmas but his little sister was so annoying to the point that he didn't even want to celebrate Christmas with his family especially his sister. His name was Tom. Santa Claus heard about Tom’s wish. So, one morning Tom went downstairs and found a package.

Inside the package there was a ticket to Switzerland for Christmas. He was so excited! He packed his suitcase and got ready for the airport. He arrived at the airport but he saw many families there. He started thinking about his family and his little sister. He was very sad and nostalgic and realized that he missed his family. A bit later he walked around and saw a family  who had lot the kids ticket. 

They didn't have enough money to buy new tickets, so he decided to give his tickets to the boy. They were so happy. He bought presents for his family and went back to his parents' house to celebrate Christmas with them!

Written by Alba, Soraya (Spain), Elitsa, Simona, Monika Drumcheva, Boryana (Bulgaria) and Andreas, Pavlina, Marianthi (Greece), illustrated by Soraya

MAGIC BALL

There was a family of four members, with its daughters Ruth (14 years old) and Mia (10 years old). The girls were looking for Christmas presents, when suddenly, they found a magic ball. When they caught it, the girls appeared in a frozen and strange place, the North Pole ! Ruth woke up, and looked around and saw six reindeers. She knew them, they were Rodolfo, Ali, Mimi, Bimba, Lion and Candy. Mia turned her head and saw Santa Claus’ factory and two magic elves who introduced themselves as Noah and Nia.

They were confused at first, but then they knew where they were. Тhe reindeers asked the girls what are they doing оn the North pole. The girls said that they were looking for gifts and that they just appeared here. The reindeers offered the kids a ride to Santa's factory. They arrived at the factory and thought of stealing some gifts. The sisters knew that it's not right to steal so they had to be quiet.