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What could be fancier than Christmas? Presents with elegant wrapping paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles-and who could forget the tree? After all, there is no such thing as too much tinsel. Ooh la la! This year, Nancy is especially excited about decorating the Christmas tree. She bought a brand-new sparkly tree topper with her own money and has been waiting for Christmas to come. But when things don't turn out the way Nancy...
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An 80-year-old woman and 9-year-old girl both have cancer and develop a unique friendship as the elder woman passes on the tradition of 12 days of giving to the younger and we see the benefits of giving not just to the family in need but in finding like-minded givers who enrich our lives. For Marva Ferguson, Christmas is a whirlwind season of joyous activity, and this season, she has a special bit of holiday magic in her apron pocket especially...
12) The nutcracker
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Relates the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life.
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A charming, heart-warming Christmas tale, sure to delight fans of Debbie Macomber and Richard Paul Evans, about the power of family, tradition, and love
In 1875, Owen Thomas, a poor Welsh coal miner, falls in love with a beautiful London actress, Jessica Lavery. He builds her a cottage in his village, and enchants her with the promise of the holidays they'll share after they marry. According to his special Thomas family tradition, the Christmas tree...
17) Christmas
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Christmas. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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In December of 1943, Ian Collins is shocked to learn the grandson he has never met, seven-year-old Patrick, will be living with him after his mother's death, and as he waits for his estranged son to come home from the war, he wonders if the child is a second chance at mending a longstanding rift with his son.
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Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and...
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