Download or read book Las Christmas written by Esmeralda Santiago and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza. From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Díaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas in America, to Sandra Cisneros's poignant memories of her late father's holiday dinners, Las Christmas gives us true stories from writers of many traditions--memories of Christmas and Hanukkah that vividly capture the pride and pain, joy and heartbreak, that so often accompany the holidays in the Americas. Richly illustrated and embellished with songs and poems, along with recipes for an unforgettable Christmas dinner--from traditional sweet tamales to Puerto Rican asopao (stew) and coquito (coconut eggnog)--this is an enduring treasury of Latino writing to read again and again. A heartwarming holiday gift.

Download or read book Christmas in Plains written by Jimmy Carter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this acclaimed bestseller, President Carter goes back to his early years in Plains, Georgia, and remembers the Christmas days of his boyhood and throughout his life. ""Christmas in Plains" is a gift from the heart, the most eloquent kind."--"Chicago Sun-Times."

Download or read book Christmas Stories from Mississippi written by Judy H. Tucker and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume packages together 17 of the peculiar Yuletide experiences of great writers like Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, and Elizabeth Spencer, with illustrations by Waters.

Download or read book Christmas Memoirs written by Lisa Ann Bargeman and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-22 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Midwest Book Review-rated 5-star author, Lisa Ann Bargeman, comes a delightful look at Christmases throughout history in the words of the people who lived them. A collection of vignettes about the pleasantries of Christmas in varying eras, Christmas Memoirs: A Family Treasury is based on the true story of one family. It is a nice Christmas gift or stroll down "Memory Lane," designed to enrich your holiday season or that of someone you love. While focused on Christmas, the book is non-denominational in nature, with plenty of yuletide appeal. Full-color illustrations

Download or read book A Simple Christmas written by Mike Huckabee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Every Christmas, I still think about that guitar and the sacrifice it represented. And I hope I don’t forget to think about the greatest sacrifice of all, God’s gift of Himself.” Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, competition, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee (who was a pastor before getting into politics), that was never God’s intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today’s crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious of all. Now Huckabee recounts twelve Christmas memories—often funny, sometimes deeply moving—that range from his childhood in Arkansas to his years as a young husband and father to his time as a governor and then a presidential candidate. These true stories will help you smile, take a deep breath, and maybe slow down your own holiday treadmill. If you’re looking for a little clarity, sanity, and inspiration at this insane time of year, you’re sure to enjoy A Simple Christmas.

Download or read book Memory of a Large Christmas written by Lillian Smith and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts her many happy Chistmases spent with eight brothers and sisters, including one Christmas when the family hosted a chain gang and their guards

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories written by Jessica Harrison and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.

Download or read book The Christmas Coat written by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and published by South Dakota State Historical Society. This book was released on 2019 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an authentic portrayal of a Sioux childhood and Christmas traditions, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve shares a touching holiday story from her youth. Filled with themes of generosity and unexpected joy, the episode takes place on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota"--

Download or read book Memoirs of an Elf written by Devin Scillian and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Christmas Eve and Spark Elf has the very important job of keeping Santa Claus on schedule as he travels the globe in 24 hours delivering presents. Small in stature with pointy ears and stopwatch in hand, Spark lets Santa know it's time to go. He programs the GPS while the other elves secure the toy bag and check the Nice list. Little known fact: We don't even bring the Naughty list with us. Six hours into the trip Santa, sleigh and crew begin to fall behind--so many cuddly doggies to pet and extra cookies to eat. The jolly group makes up time in Brazil and soon find themselves back at the North Pole. Their work is done. But wait, there's something left in the bag--but it isn't a present at all--it's a family dog! Well known fact: Santa gives things away. He does not take things! Momma Claus comes to the rescue with a plan to get the dog back to his family. Can Santa return the family's beloved pooch in time to keep their Christmas merry?

Download or read book My Christmas Memory Book written by Kitty Rose Vintage and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful Vintage Style Keepsake Book to Keep Memories, Recipes and Stories Spend a few moments each day to write your favourite Christmas memories in this keepsake book. Record your Christmas highlights in words, images and recipes. The prompts will help you capture your memories so that you can remember and celebrate them long after Christmas and for many years to come. This Christmas book is illustrated with beautiful vintage images that will evoke the spirit of Christmas past. Why you will love this book: Beautiful vintage images throughout the book 100 pages of prompts to record Christmas memories pages to record events, memories, people and traditions pages to note your favourite Christmas recipes Gift list page Favourite Christmas song page handy large 8.5 x 11 inch size Soft matt cover

Download or read book A Christmas Memory written by Truman Capote and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.

Download or read book Christmas Days written by Jeanette Winterson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sunday TelegraphBook of the Year'Winterson?s winter tales unfailingly succeed in their endeavor to leave you aglow? - Guardian For years Jeanette Winterson has written a new story at Christmas time and here she brings together twelve of her brilliantly imaginative, funny, and bold tales, along with twelve delicious recipes for the twelve days of Christmas.

Download or read book Green Is for Christmas written by Drew Daywalt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Christmas story starring the crayons from the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day The Crayons Quit, Green Crayon is certain that he is the only Christmas color in the box. Of course, Red, White, Silver and even Tan have something to say about that... When Green Crayon claims that green is the only color for Christmas, other crayons let him know that there would be no Christmas without them either. No candy canes or Santa without Red, no snow without White, no bells or stars without Silver, and no cookies or reindeer without Tan! The crayons agree that they all need to come together to make Christmas special. This humorous, small hardcover Christmas story is the perfect stocking stuffer and a great gift for fans of The Day The Crayons Quit—and all kids who like to color.

Download or read book A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books written by Charles Dickens and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-09-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?' Ebenezer Scrooge is a bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for, but a ghostly visitor foretells three apparitions who will thaw Scrooge's frozen heart. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. All five stories show Dickens at his unpredictable best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, genial romance and urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim 'to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Download or read book Christmas with Ed Sullivan written by Ed Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors Include Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Pearl Buck, Walter Cronkite, Clark Gable And Many Others.

Download or read book The Twelve Bots of Christmas written by Nathan Hale and published by Walker Childrens. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one robotic Santa, nine cyber-reindeer pulling his techno-sleigh, and twelve days of Christmas circuitry and wizardry—and this incredible holiday offering is guaranteed to add up to every gear-head's delight! This unique spin on the familiar song just begs to be read aloud, as it retains the cadence and lyricism of the original. With two turbo doves and three wrench hens leading the way, young readers will be thrilled to join Robo-Santa on his annual round of gift giving. Nathan Hale has created a special delivery for all robot fans.

Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Books Standard and Holiday written by McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: