"Christmas vacation is almost as wonderful as Christmas, Madicken thinks. And little sister Lisabet agrees. They help with the Christmas preparations, bake gingerbread cookies, cook crackers and decorate. In the evenings they write long wish lists to Santa. One morning when they wake up there is ice on the river frozen Finally you can go canoeing!The chapter Now the snowy storm begins its journey out of Madicken as a picture book/read-it-yourself book with illustrations by Ilon Wikland."