SIN Sailing ART

A Christmas Journey · Volume I

Why Would You Need a Christmas Passport?

Eleven cities. Eleven words. One Christmas journey.

When Mira receives a mysterious blue envelope containing a Christmas passport and a boarding pass for The Christmas Star, she has no idea where the journey will lead, or why anyone would need a passport for Christmas.

Ages 9-12 128 full-colour illustrated pages Kindle & paperback
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Book cover: Mira looks toward a city glowing with Christmas lights, with The Christmas Star plane overhead
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Contents

The Journey Map

Tap a city on the map to see the first page of its chapter. Use the arrows to fly from one city to the next.

The Journey Map: the eleven Christmas cities in Mira’s journey

The story

A blue envelope by the window

From Reykjavík to Vilnius, Mira travels through eleven European cities, stepping into glowing Christmas markets, local traditions, winter flavours, stories, symbols and unexpected discoveries.

At every stop, one special word becomes another piece of a mystery that slowly connects the entire journey. Only at the end does the question in the title get its answer.

A Christmas story for curious children who love discovering new places, and for the grown-ups who want to give them a story worth returning to every December.

Mira, by a window strung with lights, finds the blue envelope on the table
From Prologue I · The Blue Envelope

Inside the book

Every city is a stop with passport in hand

  • A story with a mystery

    Each chapter ends with a clue to the next city, so young readers keep turning pages to find out where Mira lands.

    Reykjavík · A Green Clue Above the Atlantic · page 18

  • Real Christmas traditions

    Customs, symbols and legends from Northern Europe, explained for children.

    Stockholm · Christmas Traditions · page 72

  • Winter recipes

    Simple recipes from each country, to make together with a grown-up.

    Reykjavík · Laufabrauð, the snowflake bread · page 13

  • Local words

    Greetings and phrases in each city’s language, with how to say them. In Tromsø, Mira learns to say God Jul!

    Tromsø · Christmas Traditions and “God Jul!” · page 52

  • “Did you know?”

    Boxes full of true, surprising facts about each place.

    Riga · A Baltic Christmas of history and light · page 99

  • The Christmas Passport

    A passport stamp at every stop, and a boarding pass for the next flight.

    Rovaniemi · The Christmas Passport · page 87

Look inside

The first pages

Tap a page to see it full size.

Eleven cities · Eleven words

The words Mira discovers

In every city Mira finds one special word. Ten of them are flying here. The eleventh stays secret until the end, because it answers the question in the title.

?Word 11: secret until the end

Your boarding pass

Choose your edition

The English edition is sold on Amazon, as a Kindle eBook or a paperback. The Romanian translation is available here as a PDF eBook.

CS-01 · EN
The Christmas StarEnglish

Why Would You Need a Christmas Passport?

Kindle on Amazon Paperback on Amazon

Sold and delivered by Amazon.

Paperback · ISBN 979-8-17-804362-2 · 128 pages · 7 × 10 in · published October 2, 2026

CS-01 · RO
Steaua CrăciunuluiRomână

De ce ai nevoie de un pașaport de Crăciun?

49 lei See the Romanian edition

The complete Romanian translation, for Romanian-speaking families everywhere.

The author of the SIN Sailing ART books
Mihaela, author and illustrator of the SIN Sailing ART books

About the creator

SIN Sailing ART

SIN Sailing ART is a small creative studio inspired by the sea, by travel, and by the stories you bring home from a journey. We believe every journey begins long before you set off, in the planning, the dreaming and the quiet excitement of waiting.

Our books are made to be both useful and beautiful. Some keep you company through the ports of the Mediterranean; others take children through the winter cities of Europe. All of them invite you to slow down, learn something new and enjoy the way there.

We create for travellers who love the journey as much as the destination.

Contact: sinsailingart@gmail.com

Questions

Before you board

Where can I buy the English edition?

On Amazon. The Kindle eBook arrives in your Kindle app right after purchase; the paperback is printed and shipped by Amazon.

What can I read it on?

The Kindle eBook works in the free Kindle app on tablets, phones and computers. The illustrations are full colour, so a tablet shows them best.

What age is it for?

Readers ages 9-12 reading on their own. Younger children can share it with a parent, one city per evening.

Can I give it as a gift?

Yes. On Amazon you can send the Kindle eBook as a gift, or have the paperback shipped straight to the person you're giving it to.

Is there a Romanian edition?

Yes. The complete Romanian translation is sold on this site as a PDF eBook: De ce ai nevoie de un pașaport de Crăciun?

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