Virtually Christmas

年末最爆笑、最完美的聖誕小說禮物！全球百萬暢銷作家 David Baddiel 最新力作！

曾經，聖誕節是一年中最「美好」的時刻。然而多年來，聖誕節已被「冬極企業（Winterzone）」全面接管。過往那些讓節慶充滿溫度的元素，像是家人朋友間的互動、代代相傳的聖誕吊飾、甚至那些聖誕冷笑話....通通不見了。

現在的聖誕節由機器人管理，以名為「聖誕投影人（Santavatars）」的 3D 全息聖誕老人負責監控各位小朋友乖不乖；而在平安夜裡，禮物也不是由馴鹿送達，而是由無人機（ZoneDrones)取代....

就在這個冰冷無趣的節日世界裡，11 歲的艾塔（Etta）和好友蒙提（Monty）偶然發現了一條神祕線索，意外捲入一場「拯救聖誕節」的大戰。

他們必須在時間耗盡、與冬極企業（Winterzone） 的強大勢力對抗之前，找出真正的聖誕老人，否則聖誕節的真正意義將永遠消失……

The HILARIOUS new novel and the year’s most perfect festive gift – from million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone. All the things that made Christmas special are gone: the human connection, the baubles passed down through generations, even the rubbish cracker jokes. Instead, Christmas is run by robots, while 3D holograms of Santa Claus called Santavatars check if you’ve been naughty or nice – and on Christmas Eve, all of the presents are delivered by ZoneDrones instead of Santa’s reindeer! But when they stumble on a curious clue, eleven-year-old Etta and her friend Monty find themselves thrown into a fight to bring back Christmas.

Racing against time and against the might of Winterzone, they must find the real Santa – before the true meaning of the festive season is lost forever . . .