Oh, what fun Christmas is! All the children in Bullerbyn help with the Christmas mess. They put up Christmas baskets for the little birds and they go to the forest and cut four Christmas trees, one for Norrgården, one for Mellangården and one for Sörgården. The air smells good of gingerbread and Christmas gift polish, and everything is so beautiful and Christmassy.One of the most popular of Astrid Lindgren's picture books is a stand-alone story about when the children in Bullerbyn celebrate Christmas, illustrated by Ilon Wikland.
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The first to bring Astrid Lindgren's books abroad was the publisher Damm & Søn in Oslo, with their Norwegian edition of "Pippi Longstocking" already appearing in 1946. This marked the beginning of a long-standing relationship. Today, most of her books in Norway are published by Cappelen Damm, a publishing house formed through the merger of Cappelen and Damm. Astrid's book adaptations into films also became popular in Norway, as did her famous songs. One of Astrid Lindgren's favorite books was "Hunger" by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun; she often mentioned it as one of her greatest reading experiences.