When I went to get Christmas joy

Too well-behaved, too pious? We don't think so. We read it ourselves on Christmas Eve. A Christmas story from a time without mobile phones. A little boy has to take on a difficult task on Christmas Day. His parents send him out, still in the dark, on a long walk: he is to buy food, but first he needs to get some money. It all works out well because he is resourceful, but then he misses Christmas Eve. An exciting story from a time of rural poverty when Christmas was the highlight of the year. It tells with gentle humor about icy winter scenes, the struggles of poverty, encounters with growing fears, and the comforting warmth after overcoming danger. It's remarkable what a child learned back then, completely without an electronic lifeline, in just one day.