For the past twelve years, Pastor Robert Morgan has written only one short fiction story each year - an original work he shares with his church on Christmas Eve. Six of the stories were originally published in 2010 under the title The Nativity collection; now with a new cover and six new stories, the entire collection of twelve is available. You'll meet a shy, bookish boy who finds himself center stage in a Christmas pageant, a family whose car full of presents and groceries disappears, and a mountain man trapped in a blizzard with his twelve year old grandson. You'll meet characters you feel you've known your whole life who'll make you laugh one minute and cry the next.

Number one for fiendish fun! On the first day of Christmas Horrid Henry gave to me .... 12 festive stories! Count down to Christmas with Horrid Henry and friends in this bumper collection of festive stories! This book contains twelve of Henry's most mischievous winter tales about swapping Christmas presents, sabotaging school plays, ruining Christmas dinner and even ambushing Father Christmas! An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure - the perfect gift for Horrid Henry fans everywhere.

In this book, the author offers a wide variety of Christmas short stories written over a 40-year span of time. Written for adults, these stories start with a Christmas letter created in 1965 and conclude with a story penned in 2003. Each timeless story is unique in its setting and offers a tug at the heart strings of the reader. Readers will find stories that take place in New York City, Appalachia, Bethlehem, Europe, and the mid-west. In each story, the characters are thoughtfully crafted to touch your heart with hope. Time and again, they return to the eternal message of the love of God, and to the gifts of human lives caught in common moments of time. The cover design by Patsy Ashley Given, a personal friend of the author, with its velvet dark blues and purples invites one into a constellation of lights suggesting that moments of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can light our pathways far into the future. Following each story, readers encounter an enchanting piece of artwork that serves as a visual exclamation point to a personal journey with the words of the author. It represents the intense depth encountered by the illustrator in response to the touching characters revealed in The Twelve Stories of Christmas. This book would be a wonderful Christmas gift, as it will go on giving year after year. It could well find a permanent place on the coffee table to share gifts of hope for all seasons to its readers, and to remind each reader that all of us can make a divine difference within our common, very human moments of time.

Author Joe Wheeler is now known to many holiday readers-and his ardent and loyal fans-as "Father Christmas." Dr. Wheeler is content to be "one who loves old-timey stories-not just any stories, but the ones that tug at your heartstrings and make you cry." Now all of his original Christmas stories are available in one beautifully decorated volume, complete with descriptions of how he came to write each one. Ranging from historical, contemporary, suspenseful, and even romantic, these stories encourage readers to savor and reflect upon the Christmas season and all that it means.

What do a frustrated snow-globe, a woman whose luck has run short, an old lady who complicates life in a fast food drive thru joint, a couple meeting for the very first time and the epic rivalry of the winter fairies with the north pole elves have in common? They all can be found in the pages of The Twelve Stories of Christmas. The Twelve Stories of Christmas is a unique mix of short stories that bring to life romance, charity, kindness, compassion, friendship, magic and the love and spirit of the season. Christmas lights, hot cocoa, caroling, mistletoe and all the other ingredients of a special Christmas season are all contained in this small book. Whether you believe in the magic of this season or not, The Twelve Stories of Christmas has something you can enjoy. So grab your favorite blanket, your hot cocoa cup and let the stories unfold.

Hardcover version of "Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas," a collection of 13 short stories with a Christmas theme.