Holidays category: 1566 books

The Advent season is filled with rich themes that have fascinated poets. In Run, Shepherds, Run, Bill Countryman presents a poem a day for devotional reading during Advent and the Twelve Days of Christmas. Readers will find classic poets they know and love, including George Herbert, John Donne, Christina...

From the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Battle for Christmas, here is the story of America's first reported Christmas tree: a tale of antislavery and radical German philosophy, a popular British travel writer and Boston Brahmin elites, the education of nineteenth-century children and candles blowing...

Haute couture and Paris sights capture Mrs. Claus’s imagination—as they would any woman’s! This charming story finds Mrs. Claus fabulously ensconced in Paris, having enjoyed fashion week and been lured for several months’ stay by all the sights, scents, and couture of Paris. In the end, Santa...

Santa’s pre-Christmas jitters start just before Thanksgiving, and Mrs. Claus knows just what he needs to boost his holiday spirit—a trip to fabulous NYC for a little R&R (and a little shopping for her). They’re checking out chic stores when what should happen but the Macy’s parade official...

Santa, get yer spurs on! It’s Christmas night when a freezing-cold Santa decides to look for a warm midwinter vacation spot while on his magical trip ’round the world delivering toys. Of course, Mrs. Claus wants to be in on the fun, so she climbs aboard. They have their sights on Texas...

Christmas Carols are one of the most visible parts of Christianity, instantly recognisable to church-goers and others alike. Over the years many fine new musical settings have emerged, but the words remain the same. Kevin Carey has been inspired to create a second anthology of new and vibrant lyric...

"The world is built with kindness," King David wrote in Psalm 83. And he should know. He was the great-grandson of Ruth, the Jewish convert who became known as the embodiment of kindness—and whose story we read on the holiday of Shavuos. Like Ruth before them, the Chassidic masters,...

On Sukkos, we are commanded to be joyful. In fact, Sukkos is the time when we replenish our storehouse of joy for the entire year. But how can we be joyous when there is so much sadness and disappointment? In these 15 stories culled from the Chassidic tradition, masters of joyous living such as Rebbe Zusha of Hanipoli and Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev show us the way.

A celebration of the One who changed the world when He came to earth as a baby boy. This bestselling Lucado Christmas classic is now refreshed and updated with a new title and a beautiful new design. But the heart of the message—the miracle and wonder of the birth of our Lord—remains the...

This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such as: do travellers leave their religion at home when they are touring – and what happens if not? what are the relationships between tourism and pilgrimage? what happens to...

Eine der schönsten Traditionen an Weihnachten ist das Singen von Weihnachtsliedern. Aber hat man immer den Text parat? Jetzt ja! Dieses Buch bietet Ihnen die Texte der beliebtesten deutschen Weihnachtslieder zum Singen im Kreis der Familie. Inhalt: O Tannenbaum... Weihnachtslied Morgen, Kinder, wird's...

This small treasure includes some of our most beloved Christmas carols, their historical significance, and insight into their true meaning.

Why celebrate the wonderful blessings of Christmas only during the holiday season when you can celebrate Christmas every day? This refreshing gift book will encourage you to ponder the many reasons to celebrate Christmas—family, friends, blessings, and of course, the true Reason for the season. Extend...

A Christmas Carol (a ghost story of Christmas), is a short novel of fantastic kind of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), one of the most famous and popular. A Christmas Greeting is a Series of Stories by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). A collection of 13 short stories by one of the most beloved storytellers...