![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After a brief summer sequence back in the land of the elephants – complete with an overheated Santa riding on a zebra – the story ends with Babar's recruitment into the toy distribution network, thanks to a magic costume and sack. Thinking that he couldn't possibly refuse a direct request, Babar sets off in search of the unwilling correspondent, eventually tracking him down to a gnomish batcave controversially located near the town of PRJMNESTWE in Bohemia. Jean de Brunhoff's daffy plot is set in motion when the elephant children write to Father Christmas and receive no reply. You'll have guessed already that it features the big man himself, though surely that's the absolute bare minimum for any book that can truly call itself Christmas reading. So with a quick hat-tip to Father Christmas's cameo in Stick Man (as a … wait for it … stuck man … chimney … geddit?), I'd like to propose Babar and Father Christmas. But Christmas isn't about grown-ups, is it? We're just doing it for the kids. ![]()
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