TO DO:

A Christmas story without Santa Claus or the usual Christmas mise en scene, perhaps without a Christmas tree, but have it full of that spirit, Come in come in whoever you are – Madeline and the Arabian nights.

In an old house in Paris that was covered with sneezing freezing

lived twelve little girls, each one of them sneezing

The cook was in bed with the grippe

and Miss Clavel ta ta ta ta ,

Only the smallest one , Madeline

was up , and about and feeling fine –