The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

What would you do if you were kissed by the most handsome stranger you'd ever seen? And what if that man was a Cynster? Every girl-even convent-educated ones-dreams of forbidden kisses. So when a man literally falls at Helena's feet as she's walking through the courtyard one moonlit Christmas Eve, the pretty, young comtesse d'Lisle knows he's up to no good. He's clearly a bit dangerous... and obviously caught in the middle of a clandestine rendezvous....

When their teacher ends up in the hospital, the members of class 2B find a way to include her in their holiday celebration.

The story is about Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child, who as a young girl is unusually loving and generous, having a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. She is the youngest member of her family and has devoted older brothers. At about the age of 5, Carol contracts an unspecified illness (possibly tuberculosis), and, by the time she is 10, she is bedridden; physicians say that she does not have long to live. The novel primarily...

In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, a nutcracker under a terrible spell is given to young Marie as a Christmas gift, and when she helps him defeat the Mouse King, breaking the spell, he takes her to visit kingdom.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

The worst person particularly dislikes Christmas until his neighbors' kindness triggers a happy accident that forces him to participate in the holiday festivities.

Elmer the patchwork elephant helps the excited youngsters prepare for the Christmas visit of Papa Red.

As a mouse family prepares to celebrate Christmas, its youngest member asks his oldest sister for a special favor.

One Christmas Eve in the desert, some homesick soldiers are paid a visit by the Santa of Soldiers. This lively, poignant tale was inspired by Clement C.. Moore's famous yuletide poem.