The Fiery – Red Christmas Bauble
Once upon a time there was a most beautiful fiery-red Christmas bauble. It was larger than both of little Eloise’s hands put together. The crimson red belly was covered in snow-white paintings that showed a whole sleigh and reindeer and a Father Christmas sitting on top of the sleigh.
Three days before Christmas, Eloise heard the jingle jangle of the sleigh approaching the front door. She pushed her little stool to the window and climbed on top of it. When standing on tiptoe she could look out of the window and see the large snowflakes drifting down, like feathers from the sky. The sled’s runners sent the fresh snow left and right, and the towering black beasts steamed and snorted in their harnesses. Eloise was still a little bit scared of Father’s new horses. But she was also bursting with curiosity and so she summoned all her courage and jumped off the stool to join Mother who was greeting Father at the door… read more
Helena E. Cemen 