Tale of the Twinkles

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Have you ever wondered where Christmas crackers really come from? You're about to find out.... It's Christmas Day and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas crackers. What are they? Why do we pull them at Christmas dinner? Why do they always have a toy, a paper crown and a bad joke inside them? And why do they make a loud popping sound? So Granny tells a story. A story about Timothy and Tiberius Twinkle and their son, Charlie-Basil. A long time ago, the evil witch Murmur hatched a fiendish plan to rid East Pudding of the Twinkles. A plan that would lead to the creation of the first ever Christmas cracker.... The East Pudding Chronicles: Tale of the Twinkles is the third in a series of five books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and step into a whole new world of wizards, fairies, elves and monsters - and discover the secrets of Christmas.