Counting Down to Christmas

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Who Packed the Turkey?

Introducing Counting Down to Christmas 2025

What happens when your Christmas plans are completely up-ended? This Advent, join Anna on a Christmas adventure like no other in our brand new, all-ages story, 'Who Packed the Turkey?'

Each day of Advent, as you open a new door in our Counting Down to Christmas daily emails, we'll release a new chapter of Anna's journey. On this journey, we discover what it means to experience God-With-Us, through a retelling of the Nativity Story. Anna's own story has many quirky, fun, and poignant coincidences with the story of the first Christmas.

A special focus for 2025 is our interactive community. In the story, Anna is guided by the 'Three Wise Movers.' In our community, you'll be guided by our own three real-life 'wise movers'—wonderful, strong women who will take turns curating a daily comments section. This creates a real-time online book club where you can choose to participate in the conversation, read the comments, or simply enjoy the story each day.

The story has been written by Caroline Bindon for Kererū Publishing. Caroline is a published author of several children's books. Subscribers may be more familiar with her writing of creative Christian resources, through a variety of organisations, churches and Kererū Publishing.

Next Christmas, this story will be published in book format (print and digital). Be part of the adventure ahead of the official publication date!

EARLY FEEDBACK FROM TEST READERS

I had a delightful time this morning reading Who Packed the Turkey! I really did enjoy reading it — and more — found it heart-stirring. And I loved the names of the characters and the image of the camel caravan. It is wonderful. I can so see it used for sharing as a series. It is so imaginative and yet so grounded.

What a wonderful read! At one point my screen froze and it made me realise that I was hanging out for (couldn't wait to read) what was coming next. Surprising. Enjoyable. Light. Deep. Loved it!

It really is wonderful story that brought both tears and smiles, a great adaptation of the original ! It offers a clear, contemporary understanding of the Christmas Story. I’d have read it to my kids and I think that adults will find it to be a delightful read and hopefully it will be a great addition to the “Christmas library “ in any home or church!

From the very beginning I was drawn into reading and wanting to know how the story of Anna and her family would unfold. The words made me want to keep reading and I felt like I was part of the story.

DAILY COUNTING DOWN TO CHRISTMAS EMAILS

The daily emails arrive at 5am (NZT) every morning starting from 30 November 2025 with a final email on 26th December 2025. Most emails will include one chapter, although we kick off our first email with a few chapters to set the scene and some of the weekend days there'll be two chapters. The final three chapters are delivered on Boxing Day. (NZT)

SUBSCRIPTION PLANS

Individual Subscription = $15 NZD

Family/Household/Extended Family (4+ subscribers) = $5 NZD per person or $50 NZD maximum for family package. Either add the exact number of individuals or enter maximum of 10. Send us an email with the email addresses of 4 - 10+ subscribers. Suitable for families and friends where one person is paying subscription for multiple email addresses across one or more households.

Small Group Subscription (3 - 12 subscribers) = $7.50 NZD per person. Add the number of people to your cart and send an email to us with the different email addresses. Suitable for small groups where individuals are each paying their own subscription or an organisation or group is sponsoring a small group.

Large Group Subscription (No maximum limit for group numbers) = $100 NZD for group. Send us an email with the different email addresses. Suitable for groups sponsored by a Church or organisation.

Pay what you want/ Complimentary Please contact us direct if you'd prefer to pay an amount different to the above. This includes if due to circumstances you would like a complimentary subscription, or would like to support this work by sponsoring others.

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