WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH

By Cornelia Funke

Synopsis

Thanks to Twinklestar, the lightning-shy reindeer, Santa and his caravan have come crashing down in a storm just two weeks before Christmas and the ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch plans to turn the holiday into his personal moneymaking scheme. Santa will have to face Goblynch and his Nutcracker goons if he's ever to rescue Christmas!

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Narrator	Bill Wallis
Length	3hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	616955
Publisher	BBC Audio

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