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E: 08/12 (12:00pm) Win Sue Tingey's Marked & Cursed (FB/Twitter)
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Hello hello, and welcome to day 2 of the JFB Christmas celebration!
Today, we are celebrating St Nicholas Eve and St Nicholas Day (5th and 6th Dec), as they do in The Netherlands and Germany. Here, instead of Santa Claus, they have Sinterklaas, and, instead of coming from the North Pole on a sleigh, he comes from Spain on a steamboat (you’d think he’d be a little warm over there with that huge beard!). He is accompanied by Zwarte Piet (or Black Peter) who wears a lace collar and a feathered cap and is covered in soot from coming down chimneys.
On the evening of St Nicolas Eve, which is the main gift-giving day for children, presents will arrive, or a note will be found describing where in the house they have been hidden. Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet may also leave a humorous poem, which often teases the children for well-known bad habits.
Sounds like fun! Today our gift to you is in two parts. We have an exclusive creepy, Christmas-based short story from Sue Tingey for you reading pleasure, and we also have our second giveaway – Both of the books in Sue Tingey’s ‘Soulseer Chronicles’ – MARKED and CURSED. To win, all you have to do is log in to Facebook or Twitter, ensure you’re following us/you like our page and then share or retweet the post with the link to this blog. You can find them here on Twitter and here on Facebook. Giveaway ends tomorrow (8th December) at 12pm.
Hello hello, and welcome to day 2 of the JFB Christmas celebration!
Today, we are celebrating St Nicholas Eve and St Nicholas Day (5th and 6th Dec), as they do in The Netherlands and Germany. Here, instead of Santa Claus, they have Sinterklaas, and, instead of coming from the North Pole on a sleigh, he comes from Spain on a steamboat (you’d think he’d be a little warm over there with that huge beard!). He is accompanied by Zwarte Piet (or Black Peter) who wears a lace collar and a feathered cap and is covered in soot from coming down chimneys.
On the evening of St Nicolas Eve, which is the main gift-giving day for children, presents will arrive, or a note will be found describing where in the house they have been hidden. Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet may also leave a humorous poem, which often teases the children for well-known bad habits.
Sounds like fun! Today our gift to you is in two parts. We have an exclusive creepy, Christmas-based short story from Sue Tingey for you reading pleasure, and we also have our second giveaway – Both of the books in Sue Tingey’s ‘Soulseer Chronicles’ – MARKED and CURSED. To win, all you have to do is log in to Facebook or Twitter, ensure you’re following us/you like our page and then share or retweet the post with the link to this blog. You can find them here on Twitter and here on Facebook. Giveaway ends tomorrow (8th December) at 12pm.
'...luck came to those who left a space for it.' Terry Pratchett
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