#the tomten

[mini-ghostly]

The Tomten

i really like this book. its about the tomten who comes to watch over a farm at night, they are kinda like gnomes. the tomten helps all the farm animals at night while the people in the house are asleep.

a lotta you probably havent read it. if you want to i attached a video of it being read below the cut off.

[aibidil]

the very particular experience of falling in love with a children’s book or show or music when your children are little, watching/reading/listening nonstop for years (or seasonally for years), and then having your children “outgrow” it

anyway, my partner and i are considering having a Mighty Machines rewatch, maybe the snow removal ep where the wee sidewalk clearer machine is a little frenchman for no reason

[fabruary8]

December 24th: The most Christmassy thing of all: The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren.

“Christmas is the children’s holiday,” right? And no childhood is anywhere near complete without Astrid. So imagine what a happening it is when a never-before-published-in-Sweden manusscript of a Christmas story by Astrid herself was recently found! Earlier published in both German and English, the original has only seen the light of day this Christmas, a perfect time to teach anyone about the Swedish tomte in the words by the greatest storyteller of all!