Once upon a time three friends who lived very happy in three different European schools. Their names were....

Pom Pom lived in LW Beekmanschool - S-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands...

Little Prince lived in Granidita Micul Print in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)...

...and Filomena lived in Escola Abat Oliba in Cornellà de Llobregat (Spain).

They three had lot of fun with their little friends at their respective schools. However, they had the desire to know about what their European friends lived Christmas Time in their countries.

Then, Pom Pom had an idea.

I've got an idea!

I'm going to phone my friends.

Hi Filomena!! This is Pom Pom

from the Netherlands.

Could I stay this Christmas

in your school and learn

about the Catalan culture?

Hi Pom Pom!

Of course you can!

But I will be out visiting Little Prince

friends in Romania.

My 4 years-old friends and

my old brother Frankie are glad

to be with you!!

Filomena is visiting Little Prince friends... Ohhh So I could tell Little Prince to come to visit my little friends while I'm out!!

Hello Little Prince! This is Pom Pom. I'm visiting Filomena this Christmas. Would you like to visit my school along Xmas time?

Yes! Thank you!

They three took a very loooong trip by plane.

When Pom Pom arrived at Spanish and children were very happy as well as Frankie, Filomena's old brother. Pom Pom arrived at the school in the best moment, the 13th of December.

Hello, I'm Frankie!

Hello, I'm

Pom Pom!

Today we are going to search for the TIO. Would you like to come?

Yes, of course!

All the children, Frankie and Pom Pom were to look for the TIO in the wood.

Who must be that TIO who lives in the wood?

TIOOOOOO

where are you?

All of them were in looking around and shouting TIOOOO, TIOOOOO where are you?

But all was calm and in silence.

Suddenly, they heard "I'm here!"

And all of them went quickly to the place were TIO was.

Hello my friends! I was waiting for you!

I'm cold!

We are coming to bring you home. Do you want to come?

Yes! I do!

All of them went to the school. The teacher covered TIO with a fluffy, warm and red blanket

ohhh this is perfect!

Children brought TIO his delicious meal: tangerine peels and chocolates. And Pom Pom did it too!

Every Christmas TIO fed himself up with all the chocolates and tangerine peel he eats. So, at Christmas Eve, children helped him to take it out.

To do so, children must kick TIO with a magic stick while singing Christmas carols and a TIO song.

Pom Pom was worried about TIO.

Are you sure you want that children beat you up with the stick?

Yes! I have gorged myself on!

Children beated to the TIO while singing its song.

Caga tió, avellanes i pinyons.

No caguis arengades que són massa salades,

caga turrons, que són més bons!

CAGA TIÓ!

Suddenly, TIO pooped some sweets, chocolates and toys.

How strange is

that TIO

Days were going on, and New Year's Eve arrived.

In Spain there is a tradition for this day. While the clock rings twelve, everybody eat 12 grapes, one for each beat.

HAPPY

NEW YEAR!

Eating 12 grapes?

Let's have a walk

Ok!

Ohhh

what's this?

It's the Three Wise Men mailbox!

They continued walking through the city and they saw this enlightened tree in the streets...

... and this big ball.

Ohhhhh