Holidays category: 1566 books

One of the themes of the Advent season is to prepare for Christ, the Prince of Peace, who is coming again at a time of which we do not know. We are called to remember, to be reminded, and surprised along this journey as we live into the realized eschatology of Christ entering in our lives. Using the...

MacMillan’s Christmas Shoppe has held a special magic for Sophia Ward ever since her mother first took her there as a child.  Now Sophia’s alone, and she can’t help but wonder.  Will the magic be gone, or will this year’s love be even stronger?  Brew a cup of tea, grab a Christmas cookie, and prepare for a treat.  You won’t want to miss this one!

A stay-at-home mom, Ruth has been busy steering her family towards Christmas.  All of this comes to a screeching halt, though, when she hears words she would never have thought possible coming over her phone.  A warm-hearted story of love, family and a Christmas season well spent from celebrated author Annie Acorn.  You won’t want to miss this one!

Tom Kendall and his wife, Sue, are excited to finally fulfill their life-long dream of owning and restoring an old cottage on the coast of Maine.  Their hope is to finish the renovation in time for a healing Christmas.  As work begins, they uncover a long lost letter left by the cottage’s...

    The Christmas tree twinkled from a corner of the room, the cookies were all baked, and a Nativity held pride of place on the credenza, but then the phone rang and everything that had been so eagerly anticipated began a slow but steady downward spiral.  A new plan was hatched,...

Finding Christmas Love – A Novella Holly Carlyle returns to her family’s Vermont Christmas tree farm after a fourteen year absence.  Moved away to Boston by her father following her mother’s death, she must now decide the fate of the business.  Filled with mixed emotions, she...

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER POPULAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS. SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT FORGET. THE FAIRY CHRISTMAS. THE BALL GAME. CHRISTMAS DAY....

‘A Christmas Hamper’ is a volume of pictures, stories and fairy tales for little folks. It tells children about friendship, the family values and the winter traditions, such as winter plays, the Christmas legends and fairies. ‘A Christmas Hamper’ was originally published by Thomas...

White people of America, we know you've got it rough. Sure, black men and women have been through four hundred years of slavery, oppression, murder, and watching white college students try to dance. But now that it's hip to have black friends, white people aren't sure how to go about it. And...

Christmas – a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room –...

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without impulse-priced holiday gift books—and now The Onion has unleashed its award-winning team of investigative journalists upon the genre. Christmas Exposed features more than one hundred shocking tales of Secret Santas, shopping mall mayhem, dysfunctional family dinners, and much, much more. From the Trade Paperback edition.

"Table of Contents A celebration of holiday poetry, fiction, essays, recipes, and songs by more than sixty of the Bluegrass state's finest writers. Gathered here are writings from some of the legendary voices of Kentucky -- and the nation -- as well as original Christmas stories and poetry from...

From Billboard Top Ten charted country music artist Jimmy Wayne comes an inspirational holiday story about a child in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program who encounters the disillusioned businessman who picked his name—soon to be a made-for-TV movie starring Josie Bissett! Kevin Morrell...

Readers will look back with fondness to their own favorite moments surrounding the Christmas season as they catch a glimpse into the humorous, lighthearted, and spiritually poignant memories of some of their favorite Christian personalities from all walks of life, including actors, athletes, musicians,...