Best of
Christmas

1969

The Mole Family's Christmas


Russell Hoban - 1969
    When the Mole family finds out about Christmas and the fat man in the red suit, they ask for a telescope to help them see the stars.

The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher


Robert Kraus - 1969
    After the Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher strikes again, disaster threatens the village in the form of naked cookies until little Nat ventures out to teach the real importance of Christmas and cookie sprinkles.

I Saw Three Ships


Elizabeth Goudge - 1969
    Christmas is coming and she is bursting with excitement. She is absolutely sure that something special is going to happen this year. What will she find in her stocking? Will the Three Wise Men visit as she has always hoped? Who knows what may happen at this special time of year? She leaves her bedroom window open on Christmas Eve, just in case the Wise Men decide to come visit. When she wakes up on Christmas morning, more than one miracle seems to have taken place. In the event, this Christmas isn't like any she has ever known, especially when three ships sail into the harbour.

On that Night


Elizabeth Yates - 1969
    For six people-a little girl, a thief, a harried woman, a jobless young man, a bride now a widow, and a blind man- it is a night that brings to pass one of the legends of Christmas Eve: that "on that night lost things are found again".

Especially at Christmas


Celestine Sibley - 1969
    During her many years as a newspaper writer, Celestine Sibley has made people her main concern, some disputable, some distinguished, some outrageous, but all inspiring; and at Christmas time she remembers them and the gifts they gave her. The gifts, in fact, are the people themselves and this is really the true meaning and spirit of Christmas.