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    She lives in penthouse 25C at the Bing Cherry Hotel and is "so "curioso! After all, Auntie Claus serves Christmas cookies all year long and her tree is always the best-decorated in the city. And then there's her annual "business trip," right around the holidays. This year Sophie is determined to get to the bottom of Auntie Claus's mysterious ways. Put on your mittens and bundle up for an adventure beyond your wildest dreams. "Ho, ho, ho!"

    Even Christmas, the most wondrous time of the year, isn't so wondrous for Welcome, since he has no family, no presents, and no Santa Claus. But when Welcome meets Mr. Hamp, the school custodian, he finally finds a friend. And when Christmas comes around, Welcome is taken on an extraordinary adventure that changes his life forever."Sentimental but appealing, the story of a special inheritance is illustrated with lively pictures wrapped up in cheerful Christmas colors."

    Charmingly illustrated by Lila Rose Kennedy, it is a gift to treasure and share and will remind you of the joy of giving, and touch the hearts of all who receive it.

    But a man and a woman no one knows arrive in time to take their place in the procession and then mysteriously disappear at the end before they can be thanked.That night we witness a Christian miracle, for when Sister Angie goes to the cathedral and kneels before the statue of Mary and Jospeh, wet footprints from the snow lead up to the statue.

    Voices roll across the desert sands to Hoshmakaka, a curmudgeonly old camel, whispering that he has been chosen for the great responsibility of carrying gifts to the new baby king. With reluctance, Hoshmakaka accepts his task. Every day in the heat crossing the desert, his pack grows ever more burdensome as the crowds of people, anxious to welcome the new king, give him their gifts to carry. He is as strong as ten horses as he proudly tells the younger camels. But, oh, his gout! Oh, his sciatica! Nevertheless, Hoshmakaka plods on until he reaches Bethlehem. In the end he realizes the great honor of his task and never again is there a burden too heavy for him to carry.Vlasta van Kampen's gorgeous illustrations of the hot desert sands and the cool, star-filled night sky transport readers on the journey to Bethlehem to see the new baby king. The beautifully detailed illustrations of the loveable Hoshmakaka masterfully change as his pack of gifts grows impossibly huge.The endearing Hoshmakaka is also available as a plush toy to be a companion at storytime. Nine inches tall and adorned with his precious pack of gifts, Hoshmakaka will be a great reminder of the rewards of giving all year long!

    Evie's roots contribute to the authenticity and warmth with which she narrates the story, including additional thoughts and feelings from Annika's own perspective suggested by the artwork on each page. Music and sound effects will pique the imaginations of young and old alike This picture book with CD makes a cherished gift for families with children of all ages and will be enjoyed long after the Christmas season. The audio format is a great tool for early readers.

    recreates verbal images of the events surrounding the Advent of Christ, offering a devotional journey into the heart of the Christmas season. Through rich detail and vivid images, these moving meditations make Christ's birth both intimate and immediate, allowing us to see Christmas from its original happening to its perennial recurrence in our hearts. Preparing for Jesus is sure to be a seasonal classic, treasured year after year.

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    She can't bear to disappoint her grandfather by telling him she's two months away from single motherhood. Then Grandpa Roger drops in unexpectedly to spend the holidays with Alicia and her husband, and Alicia needs to find a fill-in--fast. Childhood friend Joe Palmero fits the bill, and is willing to play along. Still, the longer they spend playing their parts, the closer Alicia and Joe come to discovering what love, faith and marriage truly mean.

    What could be better than one Bug of Christmas? Twelve of them! Bug fans of all ages will get in the spirit and join in the holiday fun with this pop-up extravaganza!

    Chicken Soup has been a part of these traditions for many years, and our new Christmas

    A great holiday gift."Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas" will delight readers with its stories about the joy, wonder, and blessings of the holiday season. This special collection is filled with joyful, heartwarming and merry stories about holiday traditions, family, and goodwill that the whole family will enjoy. Most of these stories originally appeared in a limited edition book called "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas."

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    "Christ the Light of the World" is a beautiful devotional that will take readers through the holiday season. With 31 readings, individuals and families can prepare for and celebrate Christmas while the glowing art of Thomas Kinkade lights up the pages with color, warmth, and nostalgia. Fans of the Thomas Kinkade devotional "With Wings Like Eagles" will also want to pick up this new book to complete their collection.

    With intriguing stories explaining well-known Christmas customs, each reading features a different portion of the libretto from Handel's Messiah and offers a spiritual insight that links the story to an important principle. The book also includes a CD with portions of Handel's Messiah to enhance the experience.

    But few have had the opportunity to revel in the richly detailed original tale. Now, in this glorious new edition, acclaimed children's book author and editor Janet Schulman returns to the source: E.T.A. Hoffmann's “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice.” Here we meet Marie, her Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and all the other delightful characters, and we discover the answers to questions left unanswered by the ballet, like why the Nutcracker and the King of Mice were enemies.Artist Renée Graef adds her own enchantment with stunning, jewellike paintings that bring the story thrillingly to life. As an added bonus, this must-have Christmas gift also includes a free audio CD with Tchaikovsky's inimitable musical score and a reading of the complete story by actress Claire Bloom.

    It's a heartwarming tale of the magic that happens when the "Outside" and the "Inside" come together.

    Of course, her loyal fans could have guessed as much since many of her most treasured illustrations celebrate the magic of Christmas. Now, that magic is captured for the first time in this Christmas compendium, A Very Mary Christmas.Within its pages, readers will find the spirit of the Christmas holiday through the eyes of America's unparalleled illustrator. With the help of its inspiring words and visual beauty, readers everywhere will picture themselves crunching through fresh snow, feel the breeze of angel's wings softly on their cheeks, and hear the booming laughter of jolly St. Nick as he ventures from rooftop to rooftop. This special collection contains Mary's famous Christmas works of art, as well as her remembrances of winter holidays past. Readers will become inspired to create the enchanting holiday festivities and traditions featured in the book as they journey through each of its five sections: Let It Snow Let Innocence and Joy Prevail Don't Waste the Miracle The Man of the Hour Its Mighty Founder Was a Child Himself Perfect for the coffee table, this captivating collection is sure to provide Mary Engelbreit fans, and those who love Christmas, with A Very Mary Christmas indeed.

    The three women meet on a path of starlight, and together they walk through the hills to a small thatched stable, where a baby lies in a makeshift crib, surrounded by expensive gifts. The women have nothing to give except gifts from the heart. Mary Hoffman?s beautiful story, enhanced by Lynne Russell?s glowing artwork, gently reminds all readers of the contributions women have made to Christianity.

    - Merry ideas, recipes, and how-to's for the happiest of country-style holidays- Cherished family traditions, decorations, wraps, food gifts, sweets, brunches, dinners

    Ron Mehl tells the story of a God whose tenacious love would not - and did not - leave us lost and alone, but moved heaven and earth to rescue us, save us, adopt us...and so much more. In twelve worshipful readings, Dr. Mehl opens our eyes to the scope and dimensions of what the Almighty accomplished on our behalf by sending His Son into time and space on that first Christmas morning.A singularly heart-warming work by one of today's most acclaimed inspirational authors, Love Found a Way challenges readers to look beyond the ordinariness of the contemporary Christmas season to the glorious Gift that changes our lives forever.

    Their many hopes and dreams for their new family are suddenly put in danger when a merciless winter storm hits. The logs in the woodpile quickly dwindle, and soon their only chance for survival is to cut down the lone remaining spruce tree, which provides warmth and shelter to a family of geese--a family not unlike their own. On Christmas Eve the couple prays for a miracle that will protect them and their newborn son. Thomas Locker's glorious paintings and Keith Strand's inspiring reverie bring the Christmas spirit to life in this heartwarming story of faith and family.

    The authors capture the essence of the Yuletide season by describing all the elements that contribute to the joy of Christmastime.

    Boughs of holly deck tables, banisters, and doorways, and ivy tendrils drape the fireplace mantel. An apple pyramid crowned with a pineapple presides over the Christmas feast. Such familiar yet distinctive images of a traditional Colonial Williamsburg Christmas have become cherished staples of American culture. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates Colonial Williamsburg's decorating style as it explores the evolution of Christmas decoration in the historic town from the eighteenth century to present.

    Renowned for her books on love, friendship, and spirituality, author Joan Walsh Anglund's latest book is this little treasure of Christmas verse and illustration.

    Illustrated throughout with four-color photographs, Snowmen offers inspiration and easy-to-follow instructions for constructing fantastic winter wonderlands. Using food and other simple props found in every home, anyone can build these delightful snow charactersfrom classics like Frosty and Santa to clever originals like Snowby Dick the Great White Whale and Jackie SnOw (with kerchief and dark glasses). Carve an Arctic Hearth from a snowbank or build a Winter Palace fit for a Snow Queen. A section on "no-snow" men will inspire the snow-deprived with recipes for Marshmallow Snowmen, Macaroon Men, and beautiful Keepsake Cards to commemorate your cool constructions. Spiral bound with laminated pages that make it perfect for use in the field, Snowmen delivers plenty of fun ways to enjoy winter's glitter.

    Children of all ages will learn that giving is more than just gifting; it is denying oneself so that another may have a better way.

    Cora, a Newfoundland dog, is ready to wear her old red harness so she can haul the tree home as she's done every year. But Mom and Dad think Cora's too old, and only Minx and Ebony, Cora's daughter and granddaughter, are fitted with their harnesses.Luckily, young Susan suggests Cora still come along even if she can't haul. After the family finds the tree and cuts it down, Cora is ready to get to work. But something's wrong; they're starting without her! Cora doesn't understand, but she's determined to take the lead and bring the tree home.

    There have been many successful Christmas titles before "The Little Big Book of Christmas," but none so complete, timeless, and delightful, and none in such a beautifully designed format. A great big fat international Christmas book chock-full of stories, songs, biblical verse, Christmas lore, and the best recipes ever, including: Gospel stories, including those of St. Luke and St. MatthewPoetry of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Robert Frost, Clement Clarke Moore, Ogden Nash, W. H. Auden, and Lewis CarrollStories from Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Norman Vincent Peale, Lincoln Steffens, and Selma LagerlofChristmas lore from Dorothy Thompson, Norman Vincent Peale, and Francis P. ChurchCarols galore including "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Silent Night," "The First Noel," "Joy to the World," and "The Twelve Days of Christmas"The best holiday recipes, including New England Eggnog, Classic Sugar Cookies, Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Sticks, A Brownie Christmas Tree, Swedish Gingerbread Cookies, Refrigerator Cookies, and Scandinavian Glogg. There have been many successful Christmas titles before "The Little Big Book of Christmas," but none so complete, timeless, and delightful, and none in such a beautifully designed format. A great big fat international Christmas book chock-full of stories, songs, biblical verse, Christmas lore, and the best recipes ever, including:Gospel stories, including those of St. Luke and St. MatthewPoetry of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Robert Frost, Clement Clarke Moore, Ogden Nash, W. H. Auden, and Lewis CarrollStories from Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Norman Vincent Peale, Lincoln Steffens, and Selma LagerlofChristmas lore from Dorothy Thompson, Norman Vincent Peale, and Francis P. ChurchCarols galore including "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Silent Night," "The First Noel," "Joy to the World," and "The Twelve Days of Christmas"The best holiday recipes, including New England Eggnog, Classic Sugar Cookies, Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Sticks, A Brownie Christmas Tree, Swedish Gingerbread Cookies, Refrigerator Cookies, and Scandinavian Glogg.

    Moore, this heartwarming tale of what happens in Tommy's house on Christmas Eve will delight all Rugrats fans. The sounds of sleigh bells and reindeer on the roof, Santa showing up, and even Angelica learning to share make this story a holiday treat that babies of all ages can enjoy!

    THE WASHINGTON TIMES said the book is destined to become a classic that will be read by anyone who wants to get closer to the essence of Christmas. This hear-warming story is one the entire family will enjoy.

    McNab has to sell his other animals and go away, the winter days seem longer than ever. But events one night result in a surprise holiday for Maggie - and a new home with the person she loves best of all.