A Christmas story for Charlotte

Here is how a story called "Charlotte and the Crimson Fragment" might begin:

The beam of the lighthouse spun its rhythmic arc across the frozen sea, painting the ice floes with fleeting light. Charlotte, bundled in her warmest woolens, watched from the lantern room. The air smelled of salt and crisp cold, a perfect Christmas Eve. But then, a faint, almost imperceptible *crack* echoed up from the very base of the tower. It wasn't the usual shifting of ice. Looking down, she saw a piece of what looked like smooth, crimson wood, splintered and glistening, caught on a jagged rock just at the waterline, too bright to be driftwood.

What happens next? Charlotte, recognizing the unusual material, descends the winding stairs to retrieve the fragment, realizing it's part of something far more important.

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

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A Christmas story for Charlotte

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