Classic Christmas Stories
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Author | : Louisa May Alcott |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0785232273 |
This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features timeless works from well-known authors that will become a precious holiday keepsake. Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Together these classic literary masterpieces warm our hearts and remind us of the joy and love to be discovered anew each Christmas morning. A Classic Christmas features both of these traditional works, as well as other vintage poems and stories that celebrate the timeless truths of the holiday season. This cheerful, collectible treasury makes a wonderful gift for the reader in your life and reminds us that simple gifts of the heart and memories made with loved ones truly are the most meaningful of all. With additional pieces from Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hans Christian Andersen, and more, A Classic Christmas will become a beloved holiday keepsake—one that will be enjoyed by the whole family for years to come. Perfect as a stocking stuffer or as a host or hostess gift Hardcover, giftable size Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Vintage Christmas and A Timeless Christmas Includes hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories
Author | : Louisa May Alcott |
Publisher | : HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0785224246 |
This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia. Filled with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of lesser-known Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season. Discover a charming story from L. M. Montgomery about love and sacrifice in a little log house. See Christmas through the eyes of a child in a New England colonial village with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Remember the reason Christ came to earth in the poetry of Anne Brontë. Share with your family the delightful letter Mark Twain wrote as Santa Claus to his three-year-old daughter. A Vintage Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, L. M. Montgomery, and William Dean Howells, as well as poems from Eliza Cook, Christina Rossetti, William Makepeace Thackeray, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A Vintage Christmas is a timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never changes. Hardcover, giftable size Perfect as a stocking stuffer and host or hostess gift Filled with hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Classic Christmas and A Timeless Christmas
Author | : Mary Joslin |
Publisher | : Lion Children's |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780745962993 |
This beautifully presented volume of classic Christmas stories from around the world is written for children aged 7+ to enjoy reading alone, or for reading aloud in a classroom setting or with family sitting round a log fire! A mixture of stories from the Christian heritage and more secular tales, these retellings all evoke the true spirit of Christmas around the world. Included are Nativity stories from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, the stories of Baboushka and Papa Panov, Fir Tree and The Nutcracker. The whole collection sparkles with colourful and detailed artwork from Jane Ray. Praise for Jane Ray: "Rich in detail, Jane Ray's stunning illustrations capture the magic of our world" Julia Eccleshare about Stories for a Fragile Planet
Author | : Charles Dickens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Christmas stories |
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Author | : Jessica Harrison |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-10-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0241396719 |
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.
Author | : Billy Jones |
Publisher | : Booksurge Publishing |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2006-09-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781419650659 |
Both stories are based on the classic theme-- something has gone wrong and Christmas may have to be canceled if Santa can't fix it in time. In The Reindeer Shoe a reindeer has lost one of the magic shoes that enables the reindeer to fly and the little boy who finds the tiny shoe discovers the shoe gives its possessor magic powers and refuses to return the shoe to Santa.In the Great Reindeer Get-a-way, two of Santa's reindeer break out from the stable just days before Christmas and get horribly lost as they fly about the world in search of pizza.
Author | : Louise B. Egan |
Publisher | : Courage Books |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1996-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780762401871 |
A collection of stories, poems, and carols about Christmas.
Author | : Frank Doyle |
Publisher | : Archie Comics |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1879794101 |
Uses a comic book format to present fifteen classic Christmas stories with Archie and his friends.
Author | : Miles Kelly |
Publisher | : Big Book of |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2017-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781782098386 |
Big Book of Christmas Stories is a wonderful collection of three classic Christmas tales and one well-known carol for kids aged 3+. The stories included are The Snow Queen, The First Christmas, The Nutcracker, and the poem is The Twelve Days of Christmas Large pages with brightly coloured illustrations to bring characters to life Beautiful, full-bled artwork scenes, full of precious detail that kids can pore over Categories: 3+ years, Big Book Of, christmas, christmas-time, fiction, Picture Book, poetry-and-rhyme, �10-15 SUMMARY Each story in Big Book of Christmas Stories has been simply retold and beautifully illustrated with a dedicated artwork style, full of charm and detail, to delight young children again and again. The thick pages help little hands turn each page more easily, making this a perfect first book of festive, magical stories.
Author | : Timothy Larsen |
Publisher | : Moody Publishers |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2024-09-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0802472486 |
A feast of great literature—12 Classic Christmas Stories all in one volume! Celebrate this magical season with some of the greatest literary figures in history. The wisdom and warmth of Christmas are wrapped in the stories of beloved and gifted authors such as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry, G. K. Chesterton, Willa Cather, Conan Doyle, Washington Irving, George MacDonald, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anthony Trollope, and other classic storytellers. Not only will you be immersed in the Christmas spirit, but you will draw from the insight of historian Dr. Timothy Larsen who introduces each tale, sharing with readers the history, background, and inspiration behind the literature. This collection invites us to contemplate and savor all that is good and true about God’s redemptive story and our call to be Christ-like. The stories call us to generosity, reconciliation, and sacrifice. They encourage us to live with joy and gratitude. Hope and wonder abound as gather your family around the fire and read aloud the Twelve Classic Christmas Stories. Increasing our love for great tales and for Christmas, this beautiful hardcover book is the perfect gift.