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Book Old Father Christmas and Other Holiday Tales

Download or read book Old Father Christmas and Other Holiday Tales written by Juliana Horatia Ewing and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lob Lie-by-the-Fire, The Brownies and Other Talesis a collection of a dozen children's holiday stories. Contents: Lob Lie-by-the-fire, or, The luck of Lingborough (4064066386740) Timothy's Shoes Old Father Christmas Benjy in Beastland The Peace-Egg The Brownies The Land of Lost Toys Three Christmas-Trees An Idyl ofthe Wood Christmas Crackers Amelia and the Dwarfs Spoons

Book Old Father Christmas and Other Tales

Download or read book Old Father Christmas and Other Tales written by Juliana Horatia Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1888* with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Rumpole Christmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Mortimer
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2009-10-29
  • ISBN : 1101155698
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book A Rumpole Christmas written by John Mortimer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories? just in time for the holidays A Rumpole Christmas is a collection of five holiday stories?never before published in book form? depicting the Old Bailey Hack at his lovable best. In ?Rumpole and Father Christmas,? the English barrister encounters a familiar-looking Santa who he thinks is a thief. In ?Rumpole?s Slimmed Down Christmas,? he goes to a new-age spa when ?She who must be obeyed? insists that he lose a few pounds. In ?Rumpole and the Christmas Break,? he protects Hilda as a shady judge flirts with her while on a holiday that turns out to be anything but relaxing. Witty and compulsively readable, this irresistible new collection will provide solace to the legions of fans lamenting John Mortimer?s death early this year.

Book Merry Christmas Stories

Download or read book Merry Christmas Stories written by "Just Right" Authors and Artists and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the holiday classic "The Night Before Christmas" to lesser-known gems such as "The Christmas Tree that Went Walking" and "Why the Top Sings," this heartwarming illustrated compilation features 15 Yuletide stories.

Book Father Christmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raymond Briggs
  • Publisher : Puffin Books
  • Release : 2018-11-27
  • ISBN : 9780241351536
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Father Christmas written by Raymond Briggs and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "BLOOMING CHRISTMAS, HERE AGAIN!" Raymond Briggs's hilarious comic strip picture book has amused generations of children, telling the story of grumpy Father Christmas making his rounds on the busiest night of the year. Now reissued in a small gift edition, perfect for slipping into a Christmas stocking . . .

Book Blooming Books

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raymond Briggs
  • Publisher : Transworld Pub
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780224064781
  • Pages : 285 pages

Download or read book Blooming Books written by Raymond Briggs and published by Transworld Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'BLOOMING BOOKS is an exploration of Raymond Brigg's work from the time he left art school and began illustrating other people's texts, right up to his most recent publications. Always extraordinary and unpredictable, often controversial, he is one of most distinguished and best-loved artists working today and has created characters that are now icons for more than one generation of children. He has been honoured twice with the Kate Greenaway Medal (for 'Mother Goose Treasury' and 'Father Christmas') as well as winning many other prestigious awards. Illustrations and extracts from his work - and in some cases complete picture books - are accompanied by commentaries from the well-known journalist, Nicolette Jones, reviewing Raymond's intentions and indicating the underlying philosophy of his themes. This stunning and diverse book makes for a fascinating read.

Book Santa Claus Worldwide

Download or read book Santa Claus Worldwide written by Tom A. Jerman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many traits and functions these characters share. It tracks the evolution of these figures from the tribal priests who presided over winter solstice celebrations thousands of years before the birth of Christ, to Christian notables like St. Martin and St. Nicholas, to a variety of secular figures who emerged throughout Europe following the Protestant Reformation. Finally, it explains how the popularity of a poem about a "miniature sleigh" and "eight tiny reindeer" helped consolidate the diverse European gift-givers into an enduring tradition in which American children awake early on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. Although the names, appearance, attire and gift-giving practices of the world's winter solstice gift-givers differ greatly, they are all recognizable as Santa, the personification of the Christmas and Midwinter festivals. Despite efforts to eliminate him by groups as diverse as the Puritans of seventeenth century New England, the Communist Party of the twentieth century Soviet Union and the government of Nazi Germany, Santa has survived and prospered, becoming one of the best known and most beloved figures in the world.

Book Letters From Father Christmas

Download or read book Letters From Father Christmas written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by Tolkien’s inventiveness in this classic holiday treat.

Book Father Christmas

Download or read book Father Christmas written by Raymond Briggs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF BLOOMING CHRISTMAS It’s December 24th and, despite his dreams of a summer holiday, Father Christmas is preparing for the longest night of the year. Join him on a magical journey as he travels the world, delivering gifts to every child - with only a FEW hiccups along the way! Discover the hilariously irreverent Christmas book, adored by generations of children, from award-winning storyteller and creator of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs. Packed with stunning festive illustrations, Father Christmas is the perfect story to snuggle up with this Christmas. More magical Raymond Briggs stories: Father Christmas Goes on Holiday The Bear The Snowman - a wordless picture book

Book Father Christmas  A Wonder Tale of the North

Download or read book Father Christmas A Wonder Tale of the North written by Charles Vess and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of fatherhood, motherhood, what you'd give, and what you'd become. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book The Ultimate Christmas Collection  400  Holiday Novels  Tales  Poems  Carols   Legends  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book The Ultimate Christmas Collection 400 Holiday Novels Tales Poems Carols Legends Illustrated Edition written by Mark Twain and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 6697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Christmas Classics collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As Joseph Was A-Walking The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Twelve Days of Christmas The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) The Christmas Angel (A. Brown) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Little Match Girl The Elves and the Shoemaker Mother Holle The Star Talers Snow-White…

Book A Merry Christmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louisa May Alcott
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2014-10-08
  • ISBN : 069817092X
  • Pages : 161 pages

Download or read book A Merry Christmas written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of five beloved Christmas classics A Merry Christmas collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her “little women” to the timeless “What Love Can Do,” wherein the residents of a boarding house come together to make a lovely Christmas for two poor girls. Wildly popular at the time of their publication—readers deluged Alcott with letters demanding sequels—and drawing on Alcott’s family and experiences in the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements, these stories have the authentic texture and detail of Christmas in nineteenth-century America, while their emphasis on generosity and charity make them timeless embodiments of the Christmas spirit. Penguin Christmas Classics Give the gift of literature this Christmas. Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The five volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year. Collect all five Penguin Christmas Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Book Father Christmas

Download or read book Father Christmas written by Raymond Briggs and published by Coward Mc Cann. This book was released on 1973 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rather grumpy Father Christmas delivers gifts on Christmas Eve.

Book A Father Christmas Story

Download or read book A Father Christmas Story written by Paul T. Kidd and published by Cheshire Henbury. This book was released on 2007 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered where the fable of Father Christmas came from? Well, here is an imaginative answer. Set in the forests of the cold north one Yuletide Eve long ago, A Father Christmas Story tells of strange encounters and mysterious events. The tale provides an account, in keeping with the spirit of the festive period, of the first appearance of Father Christmas. It is the story of one man's appointment with destiny and a meeting that changed the world forever. Conveying the true meaning of Christmas, this unusual and engaging book is full of familiar Christmas images.

Book Santa Claus  Last of the Wild Men

Download or read book Santa Claus Last of the Wild Men written by Phyllis Siefker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-11-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.

Book Santa Claus on a Lark

    Book Details:
  • Author : Washington Gladden
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2015-07-15
  • ISBN : 9781331450856
  • Pages : 188 pages

Download or read book Santa Claus on a Lark written by Washington Gladden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Santa Claus on a Lark: And Other Christmas Stories On a certain twenty-fourth day of December, about four o'clock in the afternoon, if you had been looking in at the front windows of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank, in the city of Smokopolis, you would have seen a big book, lying open on a desk, shut itself up with a sounding smack, spring into the air, and go flying to its place on the shelf of the vault in the rear of the counting-room. While you were wondering what might be the matter with the big book, you would suddenly discover that its remarkable antics were due to the agency of a little man whom you had hardly noticed before, whose chubby hands had closed the book, lifted it above his head, and borne it swiftly to its resting-place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Santa Claus Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alden Perkes
  • Publisher : Lyle Stuart
  • Release : 2000-06
  • ISBN : 9780818403811
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book The Santa Claus Book written by Alden Perkes and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Santa and his elves.