3 4028 06769 7665 HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ~ Based on the sly Ji — Qo arse \ b P il he eo? ‘als ee ont - AWE 4028 06769 7665 HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Special thanks to Rob Hudnut, Courtney Lane, Carrie Wilksen, Vicki Jaeger, Monica Okazaki, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Anita Lee, Pat Link, Pam Prostarr, Elizabeth Gonzales, Shaun Martens, and David Dick A GOLDEN BOOK ¢ NEW YORK BARBIE and associated trademarks and trade dress are owned by, and used under license from, Mattel, Inc. Copyright © 2008 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published in the United States by Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. No part of this book may be reproduced or copied in any form without permission from the copyright owner. Golden Books, A Golden Book, and the G colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008902861 ISBN: 978-0-375-84619-9 www.goldenbooks.com www.randomhouse.com/kids Printed in the United States of America TOR 2S 7 6 5<4°3-2 1 g ( riko”. VA By Mary Man-Kong Based on the original screenplay by Elise Allen Illustrated by Rainmaker Entertainment wa GOLDEN BOOK « NEW YORK any, many years ago, there was a magnificent music hall in London called the Gadshill Theater. People came from all over the world to see singers, dancers, and actors perform there. rabai Eden Starling was ‘the glamorous singing star of the Gadshill Theater. Eden had a beautiful voice and always stole the show. But she was very vain and only cared about herself. we But Eden had other i eas. “Who said anything about Christmas?” she asked angrily. “We have to practice for the new Eden Starling show over the holiday.” Then she picked up her cat, Chuzzlewit, and stormed out of the room. “Christmas is very special to people, and they have plans to be with their families and friends,” Catherine said, trying to change. Eden’ s mind. But Eden wouldn't t listen. “It’s as Pane Marie always said to ee (midrange manana mar Smee SPEIER ON er et So ea t, Eden and Chuzzlewit got ready for bed yah, humbug!” Eden said grumpily. sleep, but during the night she was visited by three ts: the Spirit of Christmas Past, the Spirit of esent, and the Spirit of Christmas Future. First, the Spirit of Christmas Past took Eden back in time tothe Christmas she had spent with Catherine when they were children. Young Eden and Catherine had put on a joyful show for Catherine’s family and friends! i Eden to the Gadshill Theater to How her how the performers really felt about their » vain and selfish boss. They were throwing = ee -That’s it!” cried a furious Eden. © he “I want to leave!”