A Christmas story for Benjamin

Here is how a story called "Benjamin and the Vanished Lantern" might begin:

Despite the desert chill, Benjamin’s small town glowed with the warm, papery light of countless lanterns, strung from every cactus and porch. He was carefully adjusting a crimson lantern, when a sudden gust of wind, smelling faintly of pine and distant snow, snatched it from his grasp. The lantern didn't just blow away; it tumbled higher and higher, sparkling like a ruby star, until it seemed to wink out of existence. But as it vanished, something else fluttered down, landing softly at his feet: a single, impossibly green, velvety leaf, inscribed with a tiny, unfamiliar symbol.

What happens next? Benjamin finds a magical clue that suggests Christmas might be in peril, even in the desert.

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The full book is written fresh for him: you tell us his age, look and favorite things, and Benjamin appears in all 12 illustrations, saving Christmas in his own adventure. The opening above is just an example; every book is different.

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A Christmas story for Benjamin

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