Tayta Noel - The Story of the Other Christmas

PatoWorkshop got the opportunity to illustrate a children’s book alongside a very talented author.

“We all know the story of Santa Claus and Christmas. But very few know the whole story. It turns out that for a long time we have believed that Christmas comes with cold, snow and fireplaces. However, in the other half of the world – the Southern Hemisphere, south of the south – Christmas comes with heat and Summer. In the South, it is not Santa Claus who is in charge of distributing gifts every Christmas, but Tayta Noel, his brother. Tayta lives in the South Pole with the emperor penguins, and flies a sleigh through the skies pulled by alpacas. This is the story of Christmas in the Summer and Tayta Noel.”

Written by Leonidas McNeill, Illustrations by PatoWorkshop

Published by Editorial Planeta, 2023