![]() On his back he carries a sack bursting full of letters, cards, and presents that he delivers to all sorts of well-loved characters from different traditional tales and nursery rhymes. ![]() The Jolly Christmas Postman is an amusing tale that follows the journey of a postman doing the rounds on his bicycle on Christmas Eve. One of three Jolly Postman books this never ceases to make me smile, it also means “It’s Chriiiiisssssstttttmmmmaaaaaasss”. It tells the tale of a postman delivering his Christmas post, along the way he encounters classic children’s story characters such as “Mr. Beautifully illustrated with letters and parcels for the children to open and touch. The "Jolly Christmas Postman" is a simple picture storybook, a timeless gem that just gets it right. I continue to this day to read this to myself every Christmas and one day I will read it to my children, hopefully one Christmas to theirs too. Happy and joyful, it makes me think of my childhood and how special it was. ![]() That’s where this book comes in, that’s how this book makes me feel. Like sitting down and writing a letter to far away family, or watching a child’s beaming face as they post that letter to Santa, knowing he will read it and get to work making that toy with his elves. I love everything about it! I love the idea that at Christmas we can forget this busy technology driven world, with it’s fancy electronic mail, and go back to the finer things in life. Lets get this out of the way first, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. Ho Ho Hope you all read this book and love it like I do. ![]()
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