{"product_id":"tomtemaskinen-pettson-findus-swedish-christmas-book-sven-nordqvist","title":"Tomtemaskinen – Pettson \u0026 Findus Swedish Christmas Book by Sven Nordqvist","description":"\u003ch4\u003eINTERNATIONAL BUYERS – No Additional Import Fees or Tariffs for US Customers!\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTomtemaskinen – Pettson \u0026amp; Findus Swedish Christmas Book by Sven Nordqvist\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristmas is approaching, and Findus has one very important question: \u003cstrong\u003eWill Santa Claus come on Christmas Eve?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eTomtemaskinen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sven Nordqvist takes Pettson and Findus on one of their biggest and most imaginative adventures. When Pettson promises Findus that Santa will come, he suddenly realizes that he has created a rather serious problem. He cannot bear to disappoint his little cat – but asking one of the neighbors to dress up as Santa feels completely out of the question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is only one solution Pettson can think of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe will \u003cstrong\u003ebuild a Santa Claus machine\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a wonderfully inventive, funny and warm Christmas story filled with secret plans, strange machinery, unexpected complications and Sven Nordqvist's incredibly detailed illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the shorter Pettson \u0026amp; Findus picture books, \u003cstrong\u003eTomtemaskinen is a much longer 129-page story\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it perfect for reading together over several evenings during Advent and Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: This book is written entirely in Swedish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePettson Makes a Difficult Promise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFindus is looking forward to Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd naturally, he expects Santa Claus to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePettson wants Findus to have a magical Christmas, and before thinking the whole thing through, he promises that Santa really will visit them on Christmas Eve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Pettson begins to worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow exactly is he supposed to arrange a visit from Santa?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe could ask one of the neighbors to dress up – but Pettson does not particularly want everyone knowing that he is arranging a Santa visit for a cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Pettson decides to solve the problem in the most Pettson-like way possible:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe will invent something.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Santa Claus Machine\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePettson begins secretly planning and building his extraordinary \u003cstrong\u003eTomtemaskin – Santa Claus machine\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFindus must not discover what he is doing, which makes the project even more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePettson needs ideas, materials, mechanical parts and plenty of ingenuity to create a machine convincing enough to make Findus believe that the real Santa Claus has arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the construction grows more complicated, Pettson becomes increasingly absorbed in his secret project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, as always on Pettson's farm, very little happens exactly as planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA Bigger Pettson \u0026amp; 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