Holiday Tales

A selection of stories to get your holiday spirit glowing.

Updated April 12, 2023
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The Christmas candle
Lucado, Max.
Journey back to a simpler time, to a small English village where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. Except at Christmastime. When a mysterious angel suddenly appears in a lowly candlemaker's shop, the holy and the human collide in a way that only God could imagine. Glowing bright with...
The greatest gift : a Christmas tale
Stern, Philip Van Doren
The greatest gift : a Christmas tale
Stern, Philip Van Doren
How the Grinch stole Christmas : a 50th anniversary retrospective
Seuss, Dr.
Get in on the Christmas cheer with Dr. Seuss's iconic holiday classic starring the Grinch and Cindy-Lou Who--guaranteed to grow your heart three sizes! Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot...but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT!
It's a wonderful life
Capra, Frank
This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. As the film opens, it's Christmas Eve, 1946, and George, who has long considered himself a failure,...
Mrs. Miracle
Macomber, Debbie.
Also a motion picture from the Hallmark Channel, this is a fan favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.  They call her Mrs. Miracle... Seth Webster's heart never healed after he lost his adored wife. Now, with Christmas approaching, wild twin boys to...
Mrs. Miracle
Macomber, Debbie.
Also a motion picture from the Hallmark Channel, this is a fan favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.  They call her Mrs. Miracle... Seth Webster's heart never healed after he lost his adored wife. Now, with Christmas approaching, wild twin boys to...
Mrs. Miracle Mrs. Miracle Series, Book 1
Macomber, Debbie.
Also a motion picture from the Hallmark Channel, this is a fan favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.  They call her Mrs. Miracle... Seth Webster's heart never healed after he lost his adored wife. Now, with Christmas approaching, wild twin boys to...
Olive, the other reindeer
Walsh, Vivian.
Olive is merrily preparing for Christmas when suddenly she realizes "Olive... the other Reindeer... I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!" So she quickly hops aboard the polar express and heads to the North Pole. And while Santa and the other reindeer are a bit surprised that a dog...
The Polar Express
Van Allsburg, Chris.
The Polar Expressis a treasured holiday tradition. This lavish gift set includes a CD audio recording read by Liam Neeson, a keepsake "All Aboard" ornament, and a note from author Chris Van Allsburg. Awarded the prestigious Caldecott Medal...
The Polar Express
Zemeckis, Robert
The Polar Express
Zemeckis, Robert
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a...
Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a...
Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a...
Skipping Christmas A Novel
Grisham, John.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a...

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