Christmas on Saltkrokan – with Pelle, the boatman, Tjorven, and rabbit Jockel. When you have rented a house on a small island in the Swedish archipelago for an entire year, you must celebrate Christmas there, thinks Melcher. Even if you might freeze your ears off. Just before Christmas Eve, the steamer makes its way through the ice channel to Saltkrokan, carrying the Melchersson family on board. Pelle is overjoyed not only to see the boatman and Tjorven again but also his rabbit Jockel. But there are also Christmas gifts to receive, skiing, sledding on the ice, and enjoying cinnamon rolls in the warm carpenter's kitchen – everything is simply wonderful on Saltkrokan, even in the depths of winter. Holidays on Saltkrokan are still a lot of fun, even in the thickest snowstorm. A cozy winter and Christmas idyll under snow-covered roofs, with icicles sparkling in the winter sun. Astrid Lindgren takes you to the wintry archipelago outside Stockholm, to the most beautiful island of longing in the world. A vividly and warmly illustrated book by Maria Nilsson Thore. A lot of Sweden for everyone who loves to celebrate Christmas with gnomes and fragrant cinnamon rolls, with plenty of lights and stories.