JULIA FELT SPARKLY INSIDE AS WELL. JULIA'S MOMMY SAID
THAT THESE DAYS JULIA HAD
THE "CHRISTMAS SPARKLE!"
OF COURSE,JULIA HAD THAT SPARKLE
A LOT DURING THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON.SHE SPARKLED WHEN HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WENT ICE SKATING ONE CHRISTMAS DAY.
SHE SPARKLED WHEN SHE WATCHED
HER FAVOURITE BALLERINA
IN "THE NUTCRACKER."
THE BALLERINA AND HER COSTUME SPARKLED RIGHT BACK AT JULIA.
JULIA HAD SPARKLED THE MOST, HOWEVER,WHEN SANTA HAD BROUGHT
HER SPECIAL,SPECIAL TEDDY BEAR!
TEDDY MADE JULIA SPARKLE EVERY DAY! JULIA AND TEDDY ATE TOGETHER, PLAYED TOGETHER AND TALKED TO ONE ANOTHER EACH DAY.THEY WHISPERED TOGETHER - BUT NOT LIKE GROWN UPS.THEY TALKED IN THE SPECIAL WAY THAT
ONLY A GIRL AND HER TEDDY BEAR
CAN SHARE TOGETHER.
THEN JULIA REMEMBERED THAT SINCE THIS WAS CHRISTMAS EVE SHE HAD SOMETHING MOST IMPORTANT
TO TELL TEDDY.
JULIA WENT TO HER BEDROOM
BUT TEDDY WASN'T ON HER BED! SHE WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM
BUT TEDDY WASN'T ON THE SHELF!
SHE WENT TO THE KITCHEN
BUT TEDDY WASN'T THERE!
TEDDY KNEW THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL JULIA
IF HE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE.
JULIA WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO TELL HER MOMMY AND DADDY
IF SHE WAS GOING TO VISIT
HER FRIEND NEXT DOOR.
SOMETIMES THOUGH
JULIA WOULD BE HAVING FUN
AND SHE WOULD FORGET
TO TELL HER MOMMY
ABOUT VISITING HER BEST FRIEND.
HER MOMMY AND DADDY
SEEMED VERY SAD IF THAT HAPPENED. JULIA HOPED THAT
TEDDY DIDN'T DO THAT!
THE SPARKLE IN JULIA'S HEART
SEEMED TO GROWING SMALLER AND SMALLER UNTIL SOON IT SEEMED AS IF HER HEART DIDN'T SPARKLE ANY MORE!
JULIA THOUGHT,
"THIS IS HOW MY MOMMY AND DADDY MUST FEEL WHEN I VISIT NEXT DOOR AND DON'T TELL THEM!
EXCEPT THERE ARE TWO OF THEM
SO THERE IS EVEN
MORE SPARKLE TO LOSE!"
JUST THEN
JULIA'S MOMMY CAME INTO THE ROOM AND GUESS WHO WAS WITH HER! TEDDY,OF COURSE!
JULIA'S LITTLE SISTER
HAD BORROWED HIM.
TEDDY WAS OK!
JULIA'S HEART BEGAN TO SPARKLE AGAIN!
VERY SOON
IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT.
JULIA AND TEDDY AND HER FAMILY
WERE VERY BUSY.
THERE WERE STOCKINGS
TO HANG BY THE FIREPLACE.
THERE WERE COOKIES
TO GET READY FOR SANTA.
JULIA PICKED
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES FOR SANTA.
CHRISTMAS MARSHMALLOW SQUARES WERE JULIA'S FAVOURITE.
BUT JULIA THOUGHT
THAT THEY MIGHT GET MUSHY
IF SANTA PUT THEM IN HIS POCKET.THEN JULIA HAD
TO REMIND HER PUPPY "CUDDLES"
NOT TO EAT
SANTA'S COOKIES
DURING THE NIGHT.
FINALLY,
JULIA HAD
ALL HER CHRISTMAS WORK FINISHED.
SHE SAT BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH HER FAMILY AND HER PUPPY
AND OF COURSE,TEDDY.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
GLOWED AND SPARKLED.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
MADE JULIA THINK AGAIN OF A
SPARKLING HEART.
JULIA PROMISED HERSELF
THAT SHE WOULD NEVER LET HER PARENTS' "SPARKLE"
GET SMALLER ANY MORE.
"I HAVE TO TALK TO TEDDY,"
JULIA THOUGHT, "ABOUT NOT GOING PLACES WITHOUT TELLING ME!"
THEN JULIA REMEMBERED THE SECRET WHICH SHE WANTED TO TELL TEDDY IN THE FIRST PLACE!
JULIA CUDDLED TEDDY AND WHISPERED,
"TEDDY, I AM GETTING A BIG DOLL HOUSE FROM SANTA TONIGHT!
I WANT YOU TO BE MY FIRST GUEST TOMORROW AT MY VERY FIRST TEA PARTY IN MY NEW DOLL HOUSE!"
AND
THEN MORE CHRISTMAS MAGIC HAPPENED! TEDDY'S HEART BEGAN TO SPARKLE! FIRST,IT SPARKLED
A LITTLE
THEN IT BEGAN TO SPARKLE MORE! FINALLY, TEDDY'S HEART SPARKLED AS MUCH AS ANY HEART COULD SPARKLE!
JULIA'S CHRISTMAS SPARKLE
AND SMALLER 
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