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:Dufresne, RhéaSummary:Cela fait bien longtemps que Gaston, Norbert et Philémon n'avaient pas été réunis pour célébrer Noël. Mais les préparatifs ne se déroulent pas aussi bien que prévu et rapidement, disputes et reproches s'accumulent....
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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.
- 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...
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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:Carter, AllySummary:
"Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery...
- Author:Templeton, BruceSummary:
During the past 33 years, St. John's businessman Bruce Templeton has devoted the month of December to visiting children and assisting Santa Claus. At school parties, country clubs, or in the critical-care unit of hospitals, young people...
- 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...
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Author:Enright, AnneSummary:Spanning thirty years, this novel tells the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigans, and her four children, who grow up and leave Ireland for lives they could have never imagined. When they are all called back to the house a last...
- Author:Andrews, DonnaSummary:
An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production. New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and...
- 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...
- Author:Bell, James StuartSummary:
Stories to Warm the Heart is an uplifting, heartwarming collection of real-life stories from America's storyteller, Guideposts. Drawing on fifty-plus years of publishing inspirational stories, America's favorite storyteller,...
- Author:Mann, Jen.Summary:
For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece. When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punches In...
- Author:Dean, James, Dean, KimberlySummary:
A New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat Christmas audiobook! Pete and his friends are rockin' and groovin' while counting down the days to Christmas! Who needs five golden rings, when you can have five onion rings? Join Pete and the...
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