Join Boz and his friends as they get ready for Christmas.

BOZ is a dynamic licensed character from one of the creators of Barney the Dinosaur who fills the large gap for a comprehensive early-preschool brand. BOZ and his friends get ready for Christmas in this colorful, oversized die-cut board book. As they bake cookies, wrap gifts, sing carols, and visit family and friends, BOZ and the Baxter's realize there is something much more special about Christmas---Jesus! Christmas with BOZ will delight children six and under as they discover the most important reason to celebrate! EXCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT specializes in the creation, production, and distribution of character-based children's properties. The company's mission---to produce high quality entertainment for Christian families---is fulfilled in the launch of BOZ.

The Baxter's treat BOZ more like family than a next-door friend. They show BOZ and each other love by what they say and do. BOZ appreciates the special qualities and gifts of each Baxter. This colorfully illustrated board book introduces preschoolers to the concept that God values families and each of its members. Friends are great, but families are the best!

It's a new day for BOZ and his friends! As Drew, Gracie, and BOZ wake up to this brand-new day, they discover that with thankful hearts and healthy bodies, they'll be ready for today's adventures in God's amazing world! Look for BOZ DVDs also!

What happens on Christmas Eve while children sleep? 'Their stockings are filled up with candy and toys, and happy surprises for good girls and boys.' A kindhearted man hid a gift in a stocking, long ago. He did it to 'remind everyone of the Gift that God sent.' Christmas stockings help us remember God's love.

"The origins of Christmas lie in an Egyptian festival on 6 January, which spread to much of the Christian world as a celebration of the birth and/or baptism of Christ and known as the Epiphany or Theophany. The church at Rome did not adopt this festival but later instituted a celebration of the nativity of Christ on 25 December, which gradually supplanted its observance on 6 January in other churches, leaving this latter occasion as a commemoration of Christ's baptism alone, or of the visit of the Magi in those churches like Rome that had not observed that date previously. This essay traces that evolution and examines the merits of the two competing scholarly theories that have sought to explain the original choice of these particular dates"--