Travel back in time to when Christmas was a simple affair: children were content to receive an apple, an orange, or a piece of barley candy in their stockings; clothes, meals, and decorations were all homemade; and it was time spent...
Christmas
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Author:Campbell, MarleneSummary: -
Author:Simons, JosephSummary:Mary is certain that her parents are giving her new shoes for Christmas, but the Depression has hit her Saskatchewan farming family hard. Mary tries to hide her disappointment when she receives a crude homemade doll instead. She ends up...
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Author:Soto, GarySummary:Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
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Author:Carey, Elizabeth DoyleSummary:As the four Callahan cousins spend winter break at their grandmother Gee's estate on Gull Island, they fill their time with such activities as sledding, snowman contests, caroling, and a drama-packed sleepover at the Gull Island Whaling...
- Author:Klassen, Pamela E., Scheer, MoniqueSummary:
Christmas is not a holiday just for Christians anymore, if it ever was. Embedded in calendars around the world and long a lucrative merchandising opportunity, Christmas enters multicultural, multi-religious public spaces, provoking both...
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Author:VAN ALLSBURG, ChrisSummary:A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
- Author:LAURENCE, MargaretSummary:
Ten-year-old Sal is disappointed when she and her parents spend Christmas at her grandmother’s house, instead of at home, like they did before Grandpa died. In order to pass the time, Sal explores the contents of an old trunk...
- Author:Sander, Jennifer BasyeSummary:
From a snowy impromptu game of Frisbee in the center of a holiday light display to a woman's trepidation as she arrives home on Christmas Eve with crates of rescued shelter dogs, these stories will brighten the spirit of you and...
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Author:Kinkade, ThomasSummary:"Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart." No holiday has the power to captivate our senses or dominate our memories quite like Christmas. And perhaps no...
- Author:Henry, O.Summary:
Originally published in a 1905 edition of The New York Sunday World, The Gift of the Magi tells the story of a young couple at Christmas when money is tight, offering important insight into the nature of gift-giving. A well-known...
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Author:Strowbridge, Nellie P.Summary:From the author of the bestselling Far From Home comes an unforgettable volume of Christmas stories and poetry set in modern-day Newfoundland. While drawing on her own memories of growing up in outport Newfoundland, Nellie...
- Author:Woodsmall, CindySummary:
When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of "big box" stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery...
- Author:Lee, FoxgloveSummary:
Every family has its ghosts... It's December 1994 and Sylvie's spending Christmas in a small Canadian town where her father is renovating the creepy old house he grew up in. The mansion is haunted, according to local lore. Townsfolk are...
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Author:Kuykendall, AlexandraSummary:The Christmas season is a particularly difficult time for women to slow down and relish what's right in front of them. An annual marker for many, it is a holiday that can often remind us how life is not going as we'd planned. Our family...
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Author:Galgay, FrankSummary:Bestselling author Frank Galgay offers up this collection of his personal favourites from a wide variety of Canadian writers. Spanning 160 years, Classic Christmas Stories includes heartwarming tales of Christmases from pastoral...
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Author:Ivany, LisaSummary:Lisa Ivany and Robert Hunt have produced another memorable collection of short stories. The stories contained herein focus on the Christmas season as it is known to the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador. Covering many genres and...
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Author:McCormack, Derek, SethSummary:What do the doors of Advent calendars conceal? Chocolates, sometimes, or toys. Sometimes there are illustrations of chocolates and toys. And holly. And snow. Things that make Christmas Christmas in Canada. Embark on a new Yuletide...
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Author:Howard, VickySummary:"Howard's snowmen, Victorian-styled gardens and holiday scenes appear on some of the nation's bestselling giftwraps, paper products, throws, and clothing." — The Kansas City Star
Artist Vicky Howard creates such lovable snowmen,...
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Author:Cotner, JuneSummary:When Christmas seems too commercial, open to any page in this book and be filled with the spirit of the season. Keep Christmas alive in your heart as you dip in for inspiration that conveys the true meaning of Christmas. Over 100 poems...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow's classic Revolutionary War poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," was less than a month...
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