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

There's no better way to get into the holiday spirit anytime of year than with this giant anthology of 50 classic Christmas stories. This collection are some the world's most beloved stories, novels, essays, and poems about Christmas. Included in the collection is:Beasley's Christmas PartyBird's Christmas CarolThe Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas RhymeBunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas†̈The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas StoryBy the Christmas FireA Captured Santa ClausChristmasThe Christmas AngelComes but Once A YearThe Christmas DinnerChristmas EveChristmas LightThe Christmas MiracleA Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise MenA Christmas PosyA Christmas SermonA Christmas StoryA Defective Santa ClausEvenings at Donaldson ManorThe Feast of St. FriendThe Fir TreeThe First Christmas TreeThe Gift of the MagiThe Goblins' ChristmasThe Haunted Man and the Ghost's BargainHoliday TalesIs There a Santa Claus?JimsyA Kidnapped Santa ClausThe Life and Adventures of Santa ClausLittle Book of ChristmasThe Little City of HopeThe Little Match GirlThe NutsOld ChristmasOld Peabody PewThe Practical JokeThe Romance of a Christmas CardRosemaryThe Sad ShepherdSanta Claus's PartnerSome Christmas StoriesThe Spirit of ChristmasThe Abbot's GhostThe Thin Santa ClausTrots Visit to Santa ClausTwas the Night before ChristmasWhen the Yule Log Burns

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.

Experience the wonder of Christmas through some of our greatest literary minds. Includes sixteen classic stories authored by Alcott, Baum, Cather, Dickens, Grimm, Hawthorne, Henry, Stowe, Tolstoy, and Twain.

This book is an collection of Christmas Tales by great authors. It contains stories such as The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov, The Christmas Cuckoo by Frances Browne, The Christmas Banquet by Nathaniel Hawthorne and many more.

Christmas--the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all--filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers have been producing memorable stories about this unique day for almost as long. Here are 29 Christmas stories old and new, tales to delight, to entrance, to beguile, and even to sadden a whole new generation of readers. From C. C. MacApp's view of a Christmas future to Jacob A. Riis's gut-wrenching portraits of the holiday in the 1890s slums of New York to William J. Locke's reenactment of the tale of the Three Wise Men, we experience every possible facet of this most precious day of the year. So sit back and relive your memories once again, as recreated through the eyes of some of the finest writers of their time! Included in this volume: INTRODUCTION, by Robert Reginald THE BLOSSOMING ROD, by Mary Stewart Cutting AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C.C. MacApp A REVERSIBLE SANTA CLAUS, by Meredith Nicholson BEASLEY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY, by Booth Tarkington A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY: THE STORY OF THREE WISE MEN, by William John Locke BETTY’S BRIGHT IDEA, by Harriet Beecher Stowe THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF NEW ENGLAND, by Harriet Beecher Stowe THE LADY ERMETTA; or, The Sleeping Secret MR. KRIS KRINGLE: A CHRISTMAS TALE, by S. Weir Mitchell ROSEMARY: A CHRISTMAS STORY, by C. N. & A. M. Williamson THE CHRISTMAS CHILD, by Hesba Stretton THE LITTLE GRAY LADY, by F. Hopkinson Smith THE ROMANCE OF A CHRISTMAS CARD, by Kate Douglas Wiggin MR. BAMBOO AND THE HONORABLE LITTLE GOD, by Fannie C. MacAulay MRS. BUDLONG’S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, by Rupert Hughes THE OAK TREE’S CHRISTMAS GIFT, by Julian Hawthorne THE LONG HILLSIDE: A CHRISTMAS HARE-HUNT IN OLD VIRGINIA, by Thomas Nelson Page CANDLE AND CRIB, by K. F. Purdon TOLD AFTER SUPPER, by Jerome K. Jerome NIBSY’S CHRISTMAS, by Jacob A. Riis WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS, by Jacob A. Riis SKIPPY OF SCRABBLE ALLEY, by Jacob A. Riis UNCLE NOAH’S CHRISTMAS INSPIRATION, by Leona Dalrymple THE TRUCE OF GOD, by Mary Roberts Rinehart THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, by O. Henry THE LITTLE MIXER, by Lillian Nicholson Shearon THE POTATO CHILD, by Mrs. Charles J. Woodbury A STORY THAT NEVER ENDS, by Mrs. Charles J. Woodbury A NAZARETH CHRISTMAS, by Mrs. Charles J. Woodbury And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Megapack" to see other volumes in the series, from science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries...and many more!