The 5-Picture Story Challenge: The Stories!

1st Place - Andrej

Sleeping Santa Claus

Santa was old and tired. He lived in house in Lapland with Mrs. Santa. He always needed asistance. Santa was accompanied by his butler Grumpy the Polar bear. Which was always wearing a bow tie. Alongside him there was his very good friend and his own persanail bodyguard talking Showman. He needed a lot help for delivering the present to all the children in the world for Cristmas.

Mrs. Santa was preparing Cristmas cookies in diffrent shapes and froms in her moulds.

By mistake, she poured Santa Claus' magic powder in one of her moulds. After the ginger cookies were finished one of them became alive, aware and very scared. He was afraid to be eaten, and he immediately him himself in the bowl of sprinkles. Because of the urgency of the situation, Santa engaged additional assistance for making and packing toys for the kids, together with his elves he engaged and pengiuns to pack gifts.

They had very tight time limit but they somehow made it on time. All the presents of the kids were ready. Santa's sleigh with his reindeers and Rudolf were ready. Before departing when Santa tried to grab a ginger bread cookie from the bowl in the house, he caught a talking and living gingerbread man, which moved in his hand. He was very suprised when the gingerbread man moved and talked in his hand. Therefore instead of eating it he put him on his shoulder and together with his butler and his bodyguard they loaded Santa sleigh with presents and with the Gingerbread man on his shoulder they flew to deliver presents for the rest of Christmas night.

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2nd Place - Elena

Christmas

Once upon a time when one day was Christmas. One day I wake up in the morning I brush my teeth, it feels so right. I always eat my breakfast fast.

I have made cookies and I saw one of them - gingerbread man trying to hide in a bowl of sprinkles, and I help him, he was very happy and gratefooll. I was waiting for him, I was waiting for him, I was waiting... but he wasn't coming and it was 12 o'clock, and I wend to find him. I have been to many interesting magical tings across mountains, hills and plains.

I was lost and I was calling for help, but at that momend I heard someone talking to me, it was talking snowman. Then the snowman told me where to go and I went and he wished me a safe journey and I thanked him. Then I walked past a huge Christmas tree and balloons and I saw a frowning polar bear with a bow and it scared me.

I started to run away but it took me on the right path and then I saw Santa's house and I was happy and went in but there saw a penguin packing Christmas presents but the house had five floors and I was looking for Santa sleeping and I told him his responsibility and he got to work and then Santa gave me a thank you card for my help.

But it was magical dream.

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3rd Place - Lina

Anna and Cookies adventure

One cold winter day Anna and her dog Cookies were found in a sticky situation. Walking on the slippery ice Anna and Cookies broke the ice under them. Anna was struggling to get out of the water. Good thing the grumpy polar bear wearing a tie was there, he helped them get out, but not without a reward, the  grumpy polar bear wanted them to bring him a cookie from Santa`s workshop.

Anna hesitated at first but later on said that she will bring him a cookie. After a  while Anna and Cookies found an old winter cottage . Anna thought she can stay  there the night because she got tired and even Cookies couldn’t walk anymore.

The  second Anna and Cookies stepped foot in to the cottage they felt warmth on their  cold little faces, they were so hungry that they bolted to the kitchen just to find a  gingerbread man trying to hide in a bowl of sprinkles. It was so cute they couldn’t  even think of eating him. In the living room they saw a penguin packing Xmas gifts  under the tree and on his left was sleeping Santa.

Anna asked the penguin if it knew  where Santas workshop is, but the penguin forgot that he wasn’t supposed to tell  her and told her that it`s under this cottage and she can take the elevator to get  there. She was running so fast Cookies couldn’t keep up wth her and when they got  to the hidden elevator there were a lot of buttons but there was one button that  stuck out.

It said ‘WORKSHOP’ in bold letters Anna obviously pressed that  one.

There were a lot of elves and toys at Santas workshop and fortunately there  was a table with cookies, Anna took one and left. Anna thanked the penguin for  telling her where the workshop was and opened the door and left. Anna and  Cookies were running so fast they got to the grumpy polar bear in no time.

They  saw him with a talking snowman, it was so cool. Anna gave the cookie to the polar  bear and thanked him for saving her, the polar bear happily ate the cookie.

After  that long day Anna and Cookies went home and immediately went to bed.