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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Autobiography of Santa Claus
Jeff Guinn · 290 pages
This enchanting Christmas Chronicles classic combines solid historical fact with glorious legend to deliver the definitive story of Santa Claus. For anyone who has ever wondered ... you're right to believe in him!In The Autobiography of Santa Claus, Santa reveals his story for the first time. Nicholas (his real name) was born in the Middle Eastern country of Lycia to wealthy parents who died when
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum · 98 pages
Relates Santa's life, from childhood to old age and immortality, mentioning such adventures as those with the friendly Wood-nymphs and the wicked Awgwas.
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories
Connie Willis · 313 pages
A collection of short stories by Connie Willis about the spirit and theme of Christmas. **Contents**: Miracle Inn In Coppelius's Toyshop The Pony Adaptation Cat's Paw Newsletter Epiphany A Final Word (from Connie Willis) Twelve Terrific Things to Read... (Christmas stories) And Twelve to Watch (Christmas movies)
The Girl Who Saved Christmas
Matt Haig · 328 pages
Settings: Victorian London; North Pole - Amelia Wishart is a lowly chimney sweep who despite her meager existence exudes the kind of hope providing thrust of Santa's sleigh. But when she is sent to the workhouse and her hope drains away, Santa is worried he may have to cancel Christmas if there is diminished hope to power his sleigh.
Kissing Under the Mistletoe
Bella Andre · 363 pages
As she's decorating her Christmas tree with her children's handmade ornaments, Mary Sullivan's swept back to the first days of her relationship with her husband and the love that became their family's foundation.
The 13th Day of Christmas
Jason F. Wright
When eight-year-old Charlee and ninety-year-old Marva are both diagnosed with cancer, the prospects of having a merry Christmas seem bleak. That is, until a series of letters and gifts that coincide with the 12 days of Christmas begin appearing. And the last letter--for the 13th day of Christmas--might just be the most important one of all.
The Christmas Mystery
Jostein Gaarder · 192 pages
Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.
Shepherds Abiding
Jan Karon · 288 pages
Having pursued intellectual matters all of his life, Father Tim discovers the joys of working with his hands when he discovers a worn-out nativity scene and begins to restore it.
A Chesapeake Shores Christmas
Sherryl Woods · 384 pages
After years apart, Mick and Megan O'Brien are finally ready to make it official…again. Most of their grown children couldn't be happier about their rekindled love and impending marriage this holiday season. Only Connor is a holdout. Driven to become a divorce attorney after what he views as his mother's abandonment of their family, Connor's not about to give his blessing to this reunion romance.
Stanley's Christmas Adventure
Jeff Brown · 71 pages
When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lampchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.
The Christmas Tree
Julie Salamon · 118 pages
At Christmas time, a nun agrees to donate to Rockefeller Center a fir tree which has been her best friend since the time she arrived at her convent as a young orphan.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss · 64 pages
The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be more than presents?
Christmas on Ladybug Farm
Donna Ball · 239 pages
It's Christmas Eve, and Cici, Bridget and Lindsay are busy preparing for their annual holiday party. The tree is sparkling, the turkey is roasting, the stockings are hung and the eggnog is chilled ... but the entire state is in the midst of a heat wave. No one can find any mistletoe. The Christmas tree lights keep exploding, and, perhaps worst of all, something has gone terribly wrong with Ida Mae
The Christmas Pearl
Dorothea Benton Frank · 157 pages
Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood.What happened to the days when Christmas meant tables groaning with home-cooked goodies, over-the-top decorations, and long chats in front of the f
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White · 321 pages
"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanuk
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor
Truman Capote · 45 pages
*A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.* Seven-year-old Buddy knows that the Christmas season has arrived when his cousin, Miss Sook Falk exclaims: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd, but enduring, friendship between two innocent souls—one young and one ol
Miracle on 34th Street
Valentine Davies · 125 pages
The lives of three people are changed by an old man who insists that he is Santa Claus. ILLUSTRATED throughout by Tomie de Paola