Customer Reviews:
 Warm and Quite Hilarious Book November 13, 2008
L. M Young (Marietta, GA USA)
Why on earth this isn't available in bookstores is anyone's guess, but their loss is Amazon's gain since you can order it here--which I heartily suggest you do! This is one of the funniest, most imaginative Christmas stories to "come down the pike" in years. Other folks have explained the plot, so there's no need for me to go into it. It will please not just "young adults" but those older as well--I finished it and handed it immediately over to my husband, who does not suffer Christmas sentimentality well, and he enjoyed it, too. Filled with memorable characters like La Befana, the Kringles, Nick Christmas, Little K, and Christine herself from the members of the Yule Dynasty along with Nick's mom Zasu (a tall elf) and her brother Egan, and the population of Plinkbury, this is a story you'll be chuckling about even after you've finished it--and you'll look forward to reading it again!
SFC 5 star review December 23, 2007
V. S. Grenier (Ivins, Utah USA)
Reviewed by: Stories for Children Magazine editor, VS Grenier
Many think there is only one Santa Claus who travels the world in one night. But, what if I told you there is really more than one Santa Claus. Actually there is even more than one gift bringer in some countries and every year they all come together at the Yule Conference in November.
This year the Yule Conference will be one to remember for many Yules in the Yule Dynasty. Kriss Kringle, the United States Santa, is hoping to change the Yule Dynasty rule about the job of Gift Bringer only being able to be handed down from father to son. You see, Christine Kringle is the daughter and only child Kriss Kringle has, and with no son to pass the family business to, the Kringles find themselves in a very serious situation indeed.
Christine is excited and nervous about this year's Yule Conference. She hopes the Yule Dynasty will pass the Kringle's motion to allow a daughter to become a Christmas Gift Bringer. She also meets two new friends, Little K from Japan and Nick from England, and learns one of them is also putting a motion before the Yule Dynasty. But before the motions can be resolved, disaster strikes. A small town in England decides to ban Christmas.
Christine, with the help of her two new friends, comes up with a plan to not only help the Kringles get their motion passed, but to also save Christmas before other towns follow the example of the small English town.
This story is enjoyable and brings the magic of Christmas back into the minds of those who have stopped believing. After all, the spirit of Christmas lives on forever and so does the Yule Dynasty, as the job of Christmas Gift Bringer is handed down from one generation to the next.
Christine Kringle brings the spirit of Christmas alive November 30, 2007
Clarissa Elaine Brown (McKinney, TX USA)
Get ready to enter a world of Christmas you never knew existed! Lynn Brittney breathes new life into the tradition of Santa Claus with her book featuring Christine Kringle, part of the next generation of Gift Bringers. Join the Kringle family as they attend the Yule conference intent on seeking a way for Christine Kringle to become Kriss Kringle's successor as Gift Bringer to the USA. Complete with awkward teenage moments, interesting inventions, and politics, this book is quite a fun read.
The book begins with the Kringle family trip to Finland for this year's Yule Conference. Their purpose is to propose that Christine Kringle become the successor of Kriss Kringle for the position of Gift Bringer in the USA. The trouble is that the Yule Dynasty is very old and hence their rules of operations are very old - only male descendants can succeed the previous gift bringer. Once they arrive and Kriss Kringle gives his proposal, there is much opposition. A news report interrupts the debate to inform that a small town named Plinkbury has banned Christmas!
A plan emerges with good probability of success. Christine and her new friends Nick, Little K and his new invention travel to the town of Plinkbury to save Christmas. Together with the help of a red Ferrari, elves Zazu and Egan, Operation Save Christmas is underway. Meanwhile, Ma and The Sisterhood create chaos in the Council to give Christine and the boys the time they need to make their plan a success. Christine and her friends must work quickly because the Council won't be distracted for long!
Christine Kringle is a book for everyone, young and old alike. Teenager in every sense of the word, Christine charms us with her playfulness one moment and her budding sense of responsibility in another. She is a lovable character that strives to prove herself more than just a teenage girl. You won't want to put this book down, I certainly didn't. This book will certainly be one that I will read every year during the Christmas season.
Delightful Christmas tale October 31, 2007
Alice Berger (Pennsylvania, USA)
Kriss Kringle of the USA is in a bind. By ruling of the Yule Dynasty, the job of Christmas Gift Bringer can only be handed down from father to son, and he only has a daughter - fourteen year old Christine. So, at this year's conference, Kriss plans to petition the Dynasty to change the rules.
But before the issue can be resolved, the little English town of Plinkbury bans Christmas. Christine and her two friends, Little K of Japan and Nick of England, are sent to Plinkbury to help avert disaster. Along with Nick's mom, Zazu and her brother Egan, they take on the Town Council and attempt to change their decision. Chaos erupts, and the Council never knows what hit them.
Lynn Brittney has woven a charming blend of fantasy and humor, mixed with a little Christmas spirit. Christine Kringle is an enjoyable read for all ages, and guaranteed to start your holiday season off with a smile.
Reviewer: Alice Berger
Bergers Book Reviews
Full of the spirit and magic of Christmas October 8, 2007
S. Roddom (Australia)
Legend has Santa flying around the whole world in a single night delivering presents to every good child. Santa has different names in different countries. In Brazil the children call him Papai Noel and in Japan he is known as Santa Kurohsu. However, as with many legends there is an element of truth, and a lot of untruth. The untruth in the case of Santa is that he is not a single immortal being at all. The truth is he is one of over seventy different Gift Bringers who each service their own country and has their own name, passed down from father to son. Each of the Santa families belongs to the organisation known as the Yule Dynasty.
Each year the Yule Dynasty holds a conference. This year's conference is being held in Finland. The Kringles from the USA are flying to the conference with an important request to put before the meeting. They want the rules changed so that their daughter, Christine, can be Santa when it is time to pass the mantle on. Kriss Kringle knows that it will be no easy task; but there are already some female gift bringers, St Lucy, Babushka and Tant Arie to name a few, whom he hopes will back his request.
However, before his request can be ruled on, disaster strikes when the small English town of Plinksbury bans Christmas completely. While the Yule Dynasty Meeting goes into disaster mode to come up with a plan, Kriss arranges for his daughter to visit the town and solve the problem to prove that females can make good Santas too. What follows is a wonderful magical adventure for Christine and her friends Nick (son of the English Santa) and Little K (son of the Japanese Santa). Can they convert the drab, unhappy town from hopelessness to celebration? They only have a few days to do it before the Yule Convention members notice what they are up to and try to stop them.
CHRISTINE KRINGLE, the first in a proposed series, is for young adults - and for not so young adults. Christine Kringle is a wonderful character, not a simpering miss at all. A young teenager, she is well mannered and polite, but no goodie two shoes either. She devises a plan using a fruit pie and a Ferrari which will make the car enthusiast in you cry, and the child in you howl with laughter. I could not put this book down. I was entranced from the word go and so disappointed when I finally finished. Not, I hasten to add, because the ending was disappointing - no way. I was upset because it had finished. Author Lynn Brittney is already writing Book Two, and there is enough scope for these adventures to continue in many different countries of the world.
CHRISTINE KRINGLE is a great adventure story, with non-stop action, laugh out loud situations and is full of the spirit and magic of Christmas.
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