A pretty story of two little ones, who watched for Kris Kringle, and found, instead, a truant father.

Betty Kowalski isn't looking forward to the holidays. She just can't seem to find Christmas in her heart. There's church, of course. But who can she bake for these days? And who would care whether or not she pulled out the Christmas decorations? Her new neighbor just adds to the problem. He's doing home improvements that don't appear to be improving much of anything. These days when Betty looks out the window, she sees a beat-up truck, a pile of junk, lots of blue tarps, and--horror of hor...

A young man discovers the true meaning of Christmas while volunteering at a children's hospital in this "unexpectedly heartwarming" novel ( Publishers Weekly ).Dr. Christopher Ringle is the last person you'd expect to find moonlighting as Santa Claus at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving. But it is there that he meets a young man named Molar Alan, who desperately needs a new perspective on the underlying value of Chris...

The small town of Parrish Springs is not ready for Matilda Honeycutt. A strange older woman with scraggly gray hair and jewelry that jangles as she walks, Matilda is certainly not the most likely person to buy the old Barton Building on the town's quaint main street. When it becomes apparent that her new shop doesn't fit the expectations of Parrish Springs residents, a brouhaha erupts. After all, Christmas is approaching, and the last thing the town needs is a junky shop run by someone who...

Christmas--the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all--filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year.But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers have been producing memorable sto...

Readers have enjoyed Melody Carlson's Christmas novels for years. Now six of these beloved stories are available in two handsome value-priced 3-in-1 editions. The Joy of Christmas includes An Irish Christmas, The Christmas Dog, and All I Have to Give. The Treasure of Christmas includes The Christmas Bus, Angels in the Snow, and The Gift of Christmas Present. Perfect as gifts, these volumes will be cherished parts of th...

**An unforgettable Bible study for the Advent season that weaves together the stories of three women who played a vital role in the first Christmas—from the bestselling author of Bad Girls of the Bible and The Women of Christmas.“Breathtaking! I savored every word.”—Ann Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of One Thousand Gifts**A sacred season is about to unfold for three women whose hearts belong to God. Elizabeth is barren, yet h...

A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that too many people were spending the day, not in worship, but in partying and eating to excess. By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically remembering Christmas in the old...

Rekindle the true meaning of Christmas with the help of six gifted Christian communicators.Every year, the story of Christmas is told and retold, but sometimes the very familiarity of holiday traditions causes us to overlook the vital expressions of this meaningful season. On This Holy Nightbreathes new life into several aspects of the Christmas story through the voices of six beloved Christian communicators. Each author explores the meaning of Christmas i...

The whole world took notice when a mysterious “Glo” suddenly appeared at the North Pole. As we venture through clouds and past mountaintops, we stumble upon a quaint village and the source of where this glow is coming from — welcome to Santa’s Workshop. Come on in to see what all the “Glo” is about and discover for yourself the true magic behind every story.

This is a book of tales and verse for children, of that sort which holds older readers with an equal fascination. Mr. Field is a master of this delicate sort of art, and the book abounds in a great variety of themes and moods, from the mediaeval romance to the symbolic prose-poem, or the modern child-story. A common spirit of tenderness and of a sort of elfish humor, if we may be allowed the expression, binds the various tales and verses together as on one string, and gives a very distinct...

“A Christmas morning”  is a nice and kind Christmas poem / verse / story / tales for children by Clifton Bingham (1859–1913). This book was firstly published by Raphael Tuck & Sons in 1890. This book tells children about a Christmas Day and some winter traditions: plays, games and sports. The ‘Animedia Company’ e-book edition (2012) contains the original illustrations of children at play, including a very nice picture of a young boy in a k...