The story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors. On Christmas Eve Scrooge sits in his counting-house with not a kind word for a soul, just wanting to be left alone until the 'humbug' of Christmas is over. Four ghostly visitors (his partner Marley, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come) show him the error of his ways. By the time Christmas...

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

When Treva investigates the disappearance of her family's Christmas things, she finds two mischievous trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.

The bears are preparing to celebrate Christmas at the cottage, but the human owners turn up to celebrate Christmas too.

Merry Smith is pretty busy these days. She's taking care of her family, baking cookies, decorating for the holidays, and hoping to stay out of the crosshairs of her stressed and by-the-book boss at the consulting firm where she temps. Her own social life is the last thing she has in mind, much less a man. Without her knowledge, Merry's well-meaning mom and brother create an online dating profile for her--minus her photo--and the matches start rolling...

Initially, super-snazzy Christmas tree ornament, Otto, thinks he should be placed at the top of tree to be admired, but then he realizes where he really wants to be.

Provides instructions for making basic Christmas crafts, such as pipe cleaner candy canes, bookmarks, and napkin rings. Includes simple activities.

Marley the rambunctious puppy and his family prepare for Christmas, hoping very much for snow.

When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...

"Picture book about an Anishinaabe family heading to the reservation to visit the baby's grandparents for Christmas. A story about combining Western and Indigenous celebrations, this book is shared in the hopes of bringing people together to understand and feel good about the Anishinaabe way, however you choose to live it."-- Provided by publisher.