โœฆ Advent Calendar 2026 ยท Door 11 ยท 11 December โœฆ

Advent Day 11: Pip's Christmas Feast ๐Ÿญ

Today behind door 11: a mouse's feast and a bake-off disaster. Two free Christmas stories (ages 4โ€“7 and 8โ€“12), a festive game and a daily Christmas fact.

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Door 11 opens on 11 December 2026
49 days 4 hours

Doors open at midnight, UK time. Door 1 is open now as a free preview.

Open door 1 now โ†’

๐Ÿญ Pip's Christmas Feast

Pip the mouse plans a grand Christmas feast for his family using nothing but crumbs, berries, and a lot of imagination.

A sneak peek

Pip was the smallest mouse in the wall. He lived with his mother, his father, his grandmother, and his fourteen brothers and sisters in a cosy nest behind the kitchen skirting board of a big house on Chestnut Avenue. โ€ฆ

The whole story opens on 11 December.

๐ŸŽ‚ Bake-Off Disaster

Thirteen-year-old Cleo enters the school Christmas bake-off with a showstopper cake. Everything that can go wrong does โ€” spectacularly.

A sneak peek

Cleo had been planning her Christmas bake-off entry since October. A three-tier gingerbread and orange cake with cream cheese frosting, candied cranberries, and a white chocolate snowflake on top. She had practised four times. She had watched seventeen YouTube tutorials. She had timed every step to the second. โ€ฆ

The whole story opens on 11 December.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Today's game: Christmas Cannon

Fire the cannon to knock down festive targets with precision. Free in your browser, no download or sign-up; works on phones, tablets and classroom whiteboards.

๐Ÿ”’ Opens on 11 December.

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