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Before the French students could even realize it, the elf had disappeared from their classroom... !!! Fortunately, one of the students had had time to quickly draw his portrait first! Bye bye Christmas elf, have a safe trip to the North Pole and come back next year!

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The elf decided to visit first the Eiffel Tower. He found it beautiful, all covered in snow.  He flew to the top of the tower and met the ghost of Edith Piaf there: she sang "la vie en rose " just for him !
Then he went to the Champs-Elysées where he smelled the roasting chestnuts and saw the beautiful Christmas decorations: he was amazed! After that he did a bit of ice-skating in the Grand-Palais, as it is the biggest ice-skating rin in the world, and afterwards he went to "Angelina" café at the Tuileries, the best place to drink a wonderful hot chocolate, that was the best hot chocolate he had ever had.
He was so happy that he felt like singing: he was lucky to find a group of friendly French teenagers who invited him to join them and sing along... What a merry Christmas!!
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By now, Christmas days have ended and the Elf is preparing to visit the next country:

- France is very beautiful; I might visit it! - Said Dobby.
I hope that someday I'll come back and see all my friends again!

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(Luca-Nicholas) Happy new year dear Dobby

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(Luca-Nicholas) Happy new year dear Dobby

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Dobby had a very beautiful December hanging around between all the festivities in Italy.

He met Santa Lucia, visited Christmas markets and had great meals with the dearest families ever. So Lucky !!!!!
After these nice moments the month was going to end soon. Then, while he was wandering in the streets, he remembered that on that day the people celebrated the New Year's coming.

Suddenly, he felt the smell of food from a house next to him. So he followed the scent and went into the the kitchen. As he entered the place he saw a family having a happy time together. They were having dinner with lentils and sausage in front of a fireplace.

After some time Dobby turned up and surprised the whole family. He went to know them all and joined them in celebrating the Eve. So they waited for the Midnight, when all the people set fireworks to celebrate the New Year.

So at the release of the 24 0’clock, all the people fired their fireworks in the sky and yelled from the joy.

Dobby had a very good time staying in this country because the Italian traditions make all the family members closer one to the other.

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(Carlo-Luca-Alessio) How he got lost once again

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(Carlo-Luca-Alessio) How he got lost once again

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One of our Christmas traditions are the Christmas Markets, which take place in north of Italy like Bolzano, Merano, Trento,  (which are quite close to the Austrian border where the tradition was born).

During the four weeks of The Advent they are held in the town squares in the city center. There you can see handicraft items, which are a very good present idea, like small wooden sculptures of the nativity, Christmas baubles and in general Christmas decorations made by local artisans.

You can also try typical and traditional food like polenta, agnolotti, pork sausage and shank with lentils, drinks like mulled wine, hot chocolate and champagne and listen to Christmas carols....and in this dreamlike atmosphere our Elf got lost once again but fortunately there was also Rudolf, his reindeer friend, who helped him to find the way to go to the new year's party.

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(Tecla, Sara and Asia)  Christmas with the family

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(Tecla, Sara and Asia)  Christmas with the family

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The Elf arrived in our country and found many cities with closed shops and asked why.

“They’re closed because everyone would like to stay with their relatives and it is a chance to stay together” someone told him.

Arrived the morning of Christmas Day, the Elf stopped in the home of a family with two children and he decided to see what they were doing. The family decided to get him in the house to stay with them and to help to unwrap the gifts. After that the family got ready to go to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and they told to him to go with them provided not being seen.

The Elf decided to go because he would take part in this celebration and it was totally unknown to him. After this the family went to their family’s house to have the Christmas lunch; the Elf couldn’t wait to go, not only because he was very hungry but mostly he wanted to see the tradition of that family. After having been at the table for a long time, they think it’s nice to show him one of the many traditional games of the family and they arranged around the table for doing board games for example, tombola or snakes and ladders and many others.

But the Elf didn’t want to stay all day in the house of his family and he decided to go to the house of another family to better know other cultures or customs. It soon arrived the time to go to bed and one of the many families hosted him for sleeping, so could stay at warm and with pleasure he accepted and he thought that the day after was Boxing Day and he had to walk a lot to find out new people but it was so exciting.

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(Liliana, Sara and Dyana)...preparing for dinner

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(Liliana, Sara and Dyana)...preparing for dinner

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On the evening of the Christmas Eve, while my friends and I were preparing the dinner, we heard a strange noise coming from the garden: there was my dog which was barking to somebody..

It was an Elf!

He was frightened so we invited him into our house to reassure him. When he came into the house he started to cry because he was away from his family and he wanted to spend this day with them.

So we decided to invite him at our SPECIAL DINNER of Christmas Eve!

He told us his story; he asked us to explain him which the Italian traditions of this day were, so we started to say to him that Christmas Eve is the evening before Christmas day. We celebrate it because it's the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity.

Then we talked about what people do in this day, for example at Midnight we generally go to the church to take part to the Holy mass during which we sing many Christmas carols. He was really excited so he decided to eat with us and then come to the church.

But Unfortunately, the next morning he left us because he wanted to visit our city.

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Elf met Saint Lucia created by EMA team (Elisa, Martina e Aurora)

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Elf met Saint Lucia created by EMA team (Elisa, Martina e Aurora)

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12/12/2016
It was a foggy night when our Elf arrived in the north of  Italy. At Midnight a cold wind blew on the streets and Dobby and his reindeer Rudolf were really sleepy; suddenly, he saw a weird light in the distance. The Elf, who was very curious, walked towards it. Here, he found a vagabond with a big red nose and in his hand he was holding a white candle. Soon after he glimpsed a GIRL with a veil on her face, who was walking with a donkey. The animal carried on its back a huge sack.

The vagabond noticed the Elf, while Rudolf joined  him:

-Who are you?- asked the vagabond.

-I’m Dobby, one of Saint Claus’s friends and he’s Rudolf.And you?-

The girl smiled: -I am LUCIA and he’s my dear helper Gastaldo… Oh, but you are trembling! Gastaldo give them a blanket. And why don’t you join  us?-

The Elf was touched: -Thank you so much!-

He climbed up Rudolf, covered themselves  with the blanket and they restarted  to walk in the darkness of the streets. Meanwhile, he started to ask A LOT of questions to Lucia:

-Why did you say helper? What’s inside the sack? Where are we going? And why have you got a veil on your face?-

Gastaldo grumbled: -Nobody has never told you that you speak too much???-

Lucia laughed: -Oh my dear Dobby, how curious are you?! We are going to the CHILDREN'S house to bring them PRESENTS, and Gastaldo takes me to them because I am blind.-

-Oh… That’s why you have got a VEIL on your face… I’m sorry, I didn’t know…but you’ve just said that they are going to receive some presents? Is it Christmas already?

-Dobby, don’t worry…and no it isn't, it’s 12th December, it’s MY night, not of Saint Claus !!!!!! I bring GIFTS to reward them for beeing good all the year,. Ah, Gastaldo, did you remember to take the coal for the bad children?-

Gastaldo grumbled again: -Yes, Lucia I did. You always think I forget everything only because I am drunk. I bet that you forgot to take the BELL for the donkey.

Remember, without it they can’t know if you’re arriving and so they won’t go to sleep.

Lucia: -Oh...ups I think it’s at the bottom of the sack.

Gastaldo annoyed said: -I’ll take it, I just hope they’ve prepared some milk and many biscuits for us, and a little bit of HAY for the DONKEY.

Dobby and Lucia laughed and Gastaldo continued to grumble during all the trip.

The next morning our little Elf and his reindeer left their new friends to continue their tour towards the North Pole.

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E.P.I.C Rainbow CREW (RC), Kawaii Frogs (KF), T.Rex TEAM (TR), Clever Team (CT), Amazing Three (A3)

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E.P.I.C Rainbow CREW (RC), Kawaii Frogs (KF), T.Rex TEAM (TR), Clever Team (CT), Amazing Three (A3)

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A3: We are happy with the fact that you are here! It is a pleasure to present you how we prepare and celebrate Christmas in Poland. Yesterday, we bought a Christmas tree. Would you like to help us to decorate it?

Elf: Of course, I am willing to help you. Let's do it. Where should I place this star?

A3: At the top of the tree , then the lights and after that glass boubles, chains and hand-made small toys and ornaments.

Elf: Does everybody in Poland decorate a tree?

A3: Yes, it is our tradition to have a beautifully decorated Christmas tree and each family has it, a real or artificial one.

Elf: What else is your tradition?

A3: We buy or make presents for our relatives and close friends.

Elf: Have you already bought them?

A3: We are just going shopping. Would you like to go with us?

Elf: I'd love to.

A3: Parents are always lavish at Christmas spending a lot of money on presents for their kids, but we are students so we can afford only small presents.
Look! E.P.I.C Rainbow Crew is here. Hello, what are you doing here?

RC: Shopping for products which our parents need to prepare Christmas Eve dishes. We need high quality products as the traditional meals must be exceptionally tasty.

A3: This is Elf who in on his way to the North Pole.

RC: Nice to meet you.

Elf: Nice to meet you, too.

RC: Let’s seat in a café by this lovely Christmas tree and we will tell you about our Christmas Eve customs.

Elf: Thank you, you are very hospitable people.

RC: 24th December is a day of fasting, but when the first star appears, in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem, we seat at the table for supper. The supper begins with sharing ‘opłatek’, Christmas wafer, everyone breaks off a small peace of ‘opłatek’ from each other and eats it, wishing health, wealth and happiness.

Giving presents depend on the family, In some homes they are given at the beginning of supper whereas in the others after a meal. Especially small kids are very excited as they believe in Santa Clause.

The table must be beautifully decorated, with some hay under the tablecloth which symbolizes the place of Christ’s birth  - manger and 12 traditional dishes on it as a reminder of 12 Apostoles. You can see the light of candles glittering and smell delicious dishes while singing Christmas carols.

Elf: I can imagine how happy time for families it is. And your tradition is 12 dishes! Great! I wish I could taste them all. But I will have to travel further, so tell me a little more about the dishes which are your favourite.

RC: Look!T-Rex TEAM is coming. How did they know thet we are here?

Julia: I texted them. Kawaii Frogs and Clever Team as well.

Elf: What a great idea, all Polish teams with me!

TR: We will tell you about home-made, the best of the best dishes. Red meat is forbidden, so fish is a main dish. Traditionally, we prepare a carp, fried or in jelly. Herring dishes prepared in different ways are also popular. We eat ‘pierogi’ – dumplings with cabbage and forest mushrooms. Next dish is beetroot or mushroom soup with ‘uszka’. Noodles with poppy seeds, cabbage with peas and vegetable salad are also traditional dishes.

Elf: Any more customs I should know?

TR: Christmas Eve ends for Christians at the local church where they go for Midnight Mass, which is called ‘Pasterka”

KF:  25th  is time of happiness , which gathers all members of families. The more, the merrier, so people travel even from remote parts of Poland or even from abroad. The table on Christmas Day is full of different types of meat and sausages eaten cold or hot. Sweets have a special place during this time: traditional and delicious poppy seed cake, cheesecake, gingerbread with plenty of dried fruit.

Elf: Thanks, I got really hungry after your story.

KF: Why don’t we try cheesecake in this café, they serve home-made cakes.

CT: And we will tell you a few words about New Year Eve here. People have parties waiting for 12 o’clock and amazing firework displays which start around midnight. In big cities, free  concerts are organized and everybody can join them. And at midnight we wish good luck in New Year to each other. Typical for people is to make New Year’s resolutions.

Elf: It’s time Rudolf and I left Poland and headed for next country. Thanks for your story. Bye!

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The A-Team (Pablo Rubio, Rubén Frías, Alejandro Martín, Iván Rodríguez and Pablo Conde)

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The A-Team (Pablo Rubio, Rubén Frías, Alejandro Martín, Iván Rodríguez and Pablo Conde)

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So they went to the parking to take the sledge but it wasn't there!! Someone has stolen Rudolf's sledge. It was a nightmare for Dobby. Rudolf and him went to the police station to report the disappearance of the sledge.
They started searching the villain in the streets of Seville. They went to Sevilla Este, Montequinto, Puerta Jerez... everywhere! But they didn't find anything. They were desperate because Dobby couldn't go to Poland to complete his mission.
Dobby talked to Rudolf:
- Why don't we go to Santa Cruz neighbourhood?
- It's too far away from here. If we go and there isn't m sledge, you can't travel to Poland on time.
- It doesn't matter, I have a hunch.
They went to Santa Cruz neighbourhood and... it was there! An evil master called Skone stole the sledge. They had to create a plan to retrieve the luge: Dobby would distract him throwing rocks and Rudolf would regain his sled. And the plan worked successfully!! They finally started their journey to Poland.

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So Dobby went to Triana bridge to prepare his travel to Poland. He brought out his phone and with a hot chocolate between his hands. He started looking for ship flights.
There was a problem. There was no flights on Christmas eve. He become very sad and worried because he didn't have a way to go to Poland. He didn't know what to do.
Every time Dobby is confused he starts looking at the sky to make up his mind.
- What? What is this light ? And why is it coming to me? Aaaaaaaaaah!  IT'S MY FRIEND RUDOLF  :)  What are you doing here, buddy?
- I have known you for a long time ago, and I know when you are in trouble, so I used my magical essence and here I am.
- Thank you very much!! I was so worried about how I could go to Poland because I have an important mission there! Do you want to help me?
- Of course, if you want we can go flying. Let's search my sledge and come on!
Finally the elf Dobby and his friend Rudolf started their journey to Poland.

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The elf arrived in Seville. He looked around him and saw a big poster   named "Plaza del Duque". All the people saw him, and he felt scared.
Truly, he was so hungry and the smell of chestnuts moved his stomach.
The elf walked when he finally arrived at a big square whose atmosphere was so foggy and a beautiful and big showcase caught his attention when he bumped into a man who smelled so well and unconsciously he took one of the chestnuts that he had in his hand.
He was walking through the street because it was full of lights and made him feel like at home, a feeling of pain and lack of being at his home went through his head to his feet. All he can heard was the bustle of people around him speaking in different languages and tones and it makes him feel a little bit depressed. So he decided to talk to a stranger to find information of how to go to the nearest airport and a beautiful and tall blonde girl helped him with a little map that she found in her handbag. So he planned the next stop, Poland.

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TDT (Gema Gallego and Juan Carlos Martínez

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TDT (Gema Gallego and Juan Carlos Martínez

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The elf after visiting the snow and seeing the cathedral continued giving a return for Seville since soon he had to go away. He decided to see how the Sevillian citizens were living Christmas and he realized that they have a family spirit. He found a child that was alone and said to him that both would spend the best Christmas hours together. They went around the city to see the lights and how the streets were decorated. Hours later, they returned where they were and they said goodbye but they will always remember these days they spent together every year.

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Powerful science girls (Alejandra Leal, Andrea Arques and Ángela Orta)

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Powerful science girls (Alejandra Leal, Andrea Arques and Ángela Orta)

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Another day, the elf was walking around the cathedral of Seville and he saw a child that was holding his Christmas letter to Santa Claus. The elf was very curious, so he came to the child and asked him what he wanted for Christmas. The boy, who was called Tyler, told the elf that he only wanted to see the snow. The elf thought about it for a few minutes, and later he told the boy that they could visit the snow together, so that the elf could remember more or less what the North Pole was like and Tyler could see the snow. The next day, they began their new adventure: visiting the snow in Granada. During the trip, the boy told a lot of Christmas Spanish traditions and customs to the elf, whov was very fascinated. They arrived at Granada, a city near Seville, and spent almost two days in it and when they came to Seville again. They both were very happy because they had fulfilled their purposes. Now, the elf can remember what the North Pole is like more or less, so it will be easy to him to recognize it when he gets close.

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Here is the most beautiful time of the year, Christmas.
One day, an elf was checking Santa Claus' sled, which shares out presents around the world for the children. The bag of the presents was broken and all the presents fell down in the beautiful city of Seville. So, before Santa knew about the loss of the presents, the elf came to Seville. After a long search, he found it. When he decided to come back to the North Pole, he realized that he did not have his map.
He was walking all the night by the cold streets of Seville.
In the morning, when I went to the center to buy some clothes, I saw an elf sleeping in a hall, I couldn't believe my eyes! I woke him up and I asked him what he was doing there. He explained to me his story, and of course I helped him.
He told me that Seville was a magical city. He saw the happiness in the children's faces. He was hungry and I saw a men who was selling chestnuts, so I bought some for him. After all the day looking for the map, we were so tired. The last stop was the Guadalquivir river, and there was the map. It was so wet and cold. He missed his family. It was so important for him to stay with them in this important time of the year. He thanked me. I hugged him. When he started the trip he diidn't remember how he came back, but he remembered one thing that his mother said: "When you are lost, look at the sky and when you see the brightest star you will know the road".

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Later, the elf remembered that Santa Claus said that he had to buy some presents to help him with the arrangements for the 24th: 200 GoPRO, 120 10-pounds Nocilla's flasks, 400 basketball hoops and 453 mobile phones. Then, he realized that there was a Costco in Seville and he decided to go there. He arrived at Costco and he used his magical powers so humans couldn't see him. While he was looking for the presents, he was able to see a lot of typical things of the Spanish Christmas. He ate different types of "polvorones", he smelled the typical smell of anis, he saw the figures of the nativity scenes and he listened to "villancicos", popular Christmas carols that were listened through the speakers. Finally, he left the money without being seen and he stored the presents in his magic pocket.

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A SWEET RETURN
I couldn’t believe it! When I arrived home after school, I saw that my window was opened and… there was an elf on my bed! I was quiet and stunned at my door’s room with no idea about what I could do.  When I  was decided to speak, he woke up and asked me who I was. Obviously I answered that I was the one who sleeps in that bed every day. After a short conversation, he said to me that he was travelling to the North Pole to discuss with Santa Claus how they could improve the method to distribute presents in the night of December 24th. He wanted to continue his journey, but… he lost his map, so we went across the city looking for it. He was surprised by the beauty of Seville at Christmas. He saw the trees lighted up opposite the Town Hall, the Constitución Avenue with all its Christmas decoration, the big Christmas market which was in the centre of La Alameda… When we arrived at the Duque square, he saw the beautiful facade of the Corte Inglés shopping centre. I saw his face and he was literally out of it. Later, I had to buy him chestnuts because he smelt them while we were walking in front of the Campana. After a long time, we found his map, but it was on the top of the Giralda, the high bell tower in the Gothic Cathedral of Seville. That wasn’t our day! He started climbing it and, after millions of flashes and a short conversation with the local and national police and the army, we returned to my house. He thanked me for all the help and gave me a magical present: a snowball made of glass in which I can saw how all boys, girls and adults react on Christmas day. Finally, after some emotional moments and laughs, he continued his trip, with Seville in his heart.

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Once upon a time an elf called "Dtoke" went to Seville to see how Spanish people celebrated Christmas. He was in the center of Seville, he could breathe the smell of the roasted chestnuts and he could feel the magical feeling conveyed by the illumination of the center. Dtoke met a beautiful reindeer when he was walking in the center. Dtoke and the reindeer love Christmas.They both fell in love and they decided to go to other countries to know how other countries celebrated Christmas.

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Just when this funny and friendly elf was ready to go home, he realized that he had forgotten his bag. He was very worried because he didn't know where was it, so he started to walk all over Seville to find it. He looked in the Alameda, in the Torre del Oro, in the Setas and in the Cathedral. He was very sad because he didn't find his bag, so he decided to eat a nice churros with chocolate to buck up while he looked all the Christmas lights of Seville. When he finished his churros sitting in Puerta Jerez, he remembered that there was a place in which he didn't look: the Giralda. He ran to the monument, he went to the top, and there was it. He was very happy, although he didn't want to leave Seville.

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A time ago not so long, an elf came to Villaverde. Some people said that they had already seen him but we met him in person that snowy December 17. We had left playing billiards when we suddenly saw a strange criature. When we approached him, we saw that he was an elf! We asked him his name, and he answered "Dobby". That night was very special. We showed him many things. In a garage, Dobby saw one of the floats of the Magic Kings. This was elf was surprised and wanted to climb, so we built the carriage. After that, he smelled "buñuelos" and we invited him to eat. Dobby was delighted with our customs and content and full Dobby the elf disappeared.

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Then the elf came to Villaverde del Río, a town in Seville on December 4th, 2016 the day of the royal page. That day the children go the town square to send the letter to the royal page. That day the village smells like "buñuelos" a typical pastry in this village. The elf met the page, Joseph and he ate "buñuelos". Later they went to see the three kings. The Magi had sent a letter to the elf to tell him that a person from this town had lost faith in Christmas. He elf went to see this girl named Patricia. She told the elf that she had lost faith in Christmas because she didn´t talk to her family. The next day he went to tell the kings and decided to prepare a dinner for her. When she saw all her family together waiting for her, she began to cry. She began to eat and remembered that she had to thank the elf. But he was no longer there. She looked at the sky, smiled and began to believe in Christmas.

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The elf went to Seville. He saw the Christmas spirit looking at the lights in the street, the Christmas trees and the nativity scenes in churches, shopping centers and squares in this beautiful city. He smelled the hot chetsnuts, and finally he felt that in Seville it isn't very cold because it never snows.
Then he met the three Magic Kings and they were as kind as the Spanish people. They told him that in Spain they give the presents to the children on the 6th of January apart from Santa.
The elf did not want to leave Seville, but he had to find his home in the North Pole.

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This is the story of the Christmas elf who got lost. As he was looking for his way back to the North Pole, he arrived in Spain.