She puts it on a branch, turns it on and it goes TWEET TWEET TWEET. “HA!” says Lincoln “I can beat that.” He runs to his room and gets his sound effects keychain, hangs it on the tree, and makes it go ZAP ZAP ZAP.

In no time the competition creates a cacophony, with the neighbour’s dog and eventually both Grandma and Grandpa yelling on top of the tree. Eventually Grandpa points out that no adults means no Christmas presents — but the kids point out that Santa is sure to come through for them, and they head off to go to finish off the Christmas cookies and to go bed to wait for Christmas morning.

32 pages

Recommended for ages 3 - 8.