The Christmas Mystery

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The Christmas Mystery is a Norwegian novel for children by Jostein Gaarder. The story has one chapter for each day of Advent.

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Joachim buys a magic advent calendar on November 30th and every day, a piece of paper falls out of the door of the calendar. Each page tells the story of Elisabet Hansen, who chases a toy lamb that has come to life from an Oslo department store. While chasing the lamb, she meets the angel Epiriel; the shepherds Joshua and Jacob; Caspar, the King of the Orient; and the cherub Impuriel.

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