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Only Tomten Is Awake
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $29.00
ISBN13: 9780692589724
Publisher: Widefocus
Published: Dec 2 2015
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The story of Tomten is a long-established Swedish folktale. His legend pre-dates the modern-day Santa Claus.
Way up in the northern parts of Scandinavia, during the dark, long winter nights, the reading of Viktor Rydberg's Tomten has become an annual tradition. It was first published in the magazine Ny Illustrerad Tidning in 1881.
Scandinavian children have long heard the tales of Tomten wandering through the farm and into the house--how he comes for his regular visit, looking after the animals and watching over the inhabitants, occasionally stopping to ponder the deeper questions of life.
Every year, children young and old wait with hope and anticipation for that mysterious being who still comes for his annual visit. When midwinter night's cold is hard and you are very still and quiet, you might hear him tiptoe through your house, too.
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