And the winner is... Fudge??

Hello, my dear readers! I am guessing you all want to know who the winner of december's giveaway is! Well, I am going to let you wait just a little more, hehe... ;P

FIRST of all, I want you to guess where we are.

Remember this living room? There is a new sofa in it with two beautiful green cushions.

What about Carlie, the potted mandrake? I am sure you know where we are by now. It's Caramel Cottage. Crabby Carlie is looking particularly crabby today. I think she doesn't care much for christmas! Fudge likes this time of year though, and has decorated the living room table with a large red candle and a plate of gingerbread cookies and other sweets.

Here we are in his kitchen. The package laying next to his bed that first morning was a green cook book. It is standing on top of his kitchen cupboard. He has been using it a lot. There is a basket of groceries standing on the stove. Fudge didn't have the time to put them away yet. He has more important things to do right now.

Like spending a cozy evening together with Pickles, eating honey almond cake and drinking warm cocoa and cream. Pickles wants me to tell you that he has been a very well-behaved little dragon and on the 6th of December Saint Nicholas brought him this beautiful white sleeping bag you can see him cuddled up in.

Fudge says that (except maybe for the time he ate my ice cream or snatched the last cookie from my plate or ate chocolate brownies in bed or forgot to brush his teath after eating pumpkin toffee for dinner...) he was an EXTREMELY good Biwubear, which is why he too did not get any coal. Saint Nicholas brought him a lovely, a beautiful, a delicious bar of chocolate. He placed it on his nightstand so that he can look at it before going to sleep tonight.

He says he is very sorry for you that this photo isn't a "scratch and lick" photo. (Or at least a scratch 'n sniff photo.) So there is no way for him to share this bar of chocolate with you. Sorry. And if you came for a visit... That would probably be too late... Because the chocolate will already be inside his (and Pickles') tummy. :)

The tired Biwubear and his dragon are going to bed now. Pickles has left his sleeping bag downstairs (just for now) since he will be sleeping on top of Fudge's warm and fuzzy belly.

But why is there a noise from downstairs??? 

"I let in a couple of villagers that were freezing out in the cold, Mama. They said they didn't have any where to go," Fudge tells me. 

Oh! I think we know who the creature on the right is! It's Matilda the squiddy mandrake who escaped from "Prissie's Peculiar Plants" store! Looks like she's fed up from walking around the woods! 
She has snatched a bar of chocolate from Fudge's kitchen and curled up on an armchair where she is reading one of Fudge's storybooks. 

The crazy looking guy on the left is called Wendelbert Wolperting. Matilda met him in the forest. He is munching Fudge's honey cake and humming to himself happily.

After finishing his cake he tries the cocoa and sighs.

"Mateeelda, come on, trrry zee cocoa!!" he says with a heavy accent. Matilda is so engrossed in the book, she picks up her cup without taking her eyes from the page.

I bet she is going to finish the book in no time.... Wendelbert has leaned back in his armchair and placed his cup with the remaining cocoa on top of his round chest. "Aaaaaah," he says, "Zees ees ze good life! A rrroof abaff zee head and warm cocoa eenzide my belly! Wanderfool!" 

Looks like Fudge has done a very good deed letting these two in...

Sooooo! Let's change location! Here we are with Tanya Babblebrook and Munchie the christmas elf. I have decided that they should be the ones to do the draw, since they will be the ones moving house and possibly even moving country!

Tanya has blindfolded little Munchie.

 "Where am I? What's going on??" he says running around frantically.

"Silly little elf!" Tanya says and places him on top one of the gift boxes. Then she fills the purple box with little red pieces of paper with the names of the people on them that have entered the giveaway.

"It's time, Munchie! You may now pick one!" 

Tanya is trembling slightly from the excitement! Munchie stretches out his little hand, but his arm is too short. He cannot reach into the box. 

"Oh, sorry, I didn't think of that!" says Tanya.

Munchie mumbles "it's okay" as he crawls into the box to pick a ticket.

"This is the one!" Munchie squeaks after climbing back onto the silver box.

"Ooooh! I'm so excited! I can't take it!" Tanya whispers. 

She opens the ticket and...

...the winner is CUTATA !!!!

"Tanyaaa, we're moving to another country again!" Munchie says. He is awestruck and stares at the ticket with an open mouth. 

"I hope they have christmas cookies in Spain..." he worries, "And do we even know what the weather is like in Sweet Berry Valley?? Will I need my scarf or will I need a bathing suit?? So many questions...!!" 

"Don't worry so much, all will be well!" Tanya assures him and laughs.

 

"Tanya...?" Munchie suddenly says in a very depressed manner.

"What is it my poor little one? Have you become ill over all the excitement?" she asks.

"No, I am just wondering... what will happen to all the people on the tickets that HAVEN'T won?" Munchie sniffs and looks at the remaining tickets glumly.

"My dear little Munchie, don't cry, this is the way the game works. We only draw a single winner. BUT, the good news  is, all those people that have not won can get another chance in Nina's NEXT giveaway!!! :)))

♥♥♥ THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HAVE ENTERED MY GIVEAWAY AND FOR READING THIS EXTRA LONG STORY TO THE END! ♥♥♥

CONGRATULATIONS TO CUTATA! PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CONTACT DETAILS VIA EMAIL SO THESE TWO CAN SPEND THE NEW YEAR WITH YOU!

Wendelbert Wolperting, Matilda Mandrake and Crabby Carlie are all creations of my very talented friend Irina!