With illustrations by Edward Landseer Daniel Maclise Clarkson Stanfield Frank Stone Richard Doyle John Leech & John Tenniel & with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex In these five long stories written specifically for Christmas Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths & memories of childhood & traditional seasonal lore A Christmas Carol the first of the selection has become a touchstone of English festive fiction & an enduring favourite internationally Repeatedly adapted parodied staged & filmed this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid & moving The other stories The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life & The Haunted Man blend whimsy sentiment comedy satire the didactic & the fantastic developing resourcefully the theme of individual & social regeneration ...

Lovely bright Christmas fabric bunting with pom poms Spelling out the word & Christmas& Hessian & red coloured fabric ...

Indulge in this lovely cake-filled novel of romance & friendship Christmas Cakes & Mistletoe Nights is Top Three Sunday Times bestselling Carole Matthews at her heart-warming best! Fay & Danny are madly in love & it's all Fay's ever dreamed of But she left everything
- including the delightful cake shop she used to run
- to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat The Dreamcatcher & as she soon finds out making delicious cakes on the water isn't always smooth sailing! Then Fay gets a call from her friends a call that sends her back to her friends & the Cake Shop in the Garden It will be hard being away from Danny but their relationship is strong enough to survive isn't it? Fay soon falls happily back in love with her passion for baking
- especially now she's on dry land again!
- & starts to wonder if she ever should have left With Christmas around the corner Fay is determined that her friends will have a very merry time but does that mean even more time away from Danny? Can Fay really get everything she ever wanted in Christmas Cakes & Mistletoe Nights



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Hans Matheson & Samantha Barks star in this Christmas family movie set in 1890 adapted from the novel by Max Lucado According to legend every 25 years an angel arrives in the English village of Gladbury & blesses one of the candlemaker Edward Haddington (Sylvester Mc Coy)&s candles meaning that whoever lights it will be granted a miracle When foward-thinking minister David Richmond (Matheson) comes to the village a rivalry strikes up between him & the old-fashioned Edward especially when he tries to bring electric light to the church As he promotes the acts of good deeds & kindness throughout the village however David finds himself a friend in Emily Barstow (Barks) When the special candle goes missing the villagers experience a Christmas they will never forget The film also stars Lesley Manville James Cosmo Barbara Flynn & Susan Boyle in her feature debut ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Golden Globe & Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) is Scrooge in the musical adaptation of Charles Dicken&s classic tale Ever since Ebenezer Scrooge (Grammer) buried his longtime friend & business partner Jacob Marley (Jason Alexander Seinfeld) Scrooge&s melancholy has settled into an eternal bitterness towards Christmas & his fellow man His loyal but meek clerk Bob Cratchit (Edward Gower) is the constant target of his cruelty & even Scrooge&s own nephew inspires in his uncle no christmas sentiment warmer than " Bah! Humbug!" But this Christmas Eve is startlingly different From legendary Executive Producer Robert Halmi Sr (Dinotopia) A Christmas Carol is a magical production that will touch your heart featuring memorable songs from Oscar nominee Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia) & Alan Menken the Oscar-winning composer of Beauty & the Beast & Aladdin ...

This CLASSIC CHRISTMAS collection feaures CHRISTMAS CAROL MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET THE SOUND OF MUSIC & CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG ...

Track Listings 1 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2 Deck The Halls 3 We Three Kings 4 I Hear The Bells On Christmas Day 5 O Thou Joyful Day 6 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 7 Away In A Manger 8 Jolly Old St Nicholas 9 On Christmas Night 10 I Saw Three Ships 11 What Child Is This 12 Angels We Have Heard 13 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 14 Amen 15 We Wish You A Merry Christmas 16 Coventry Carol 17 O Come O Come Emmanuel 18 Silent Night Holy Night ...

Everyone loves a Christmas carol
- in the end even Scrooge They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood like
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This beautiful sticker book contains the words & music for some of the best-loved Christmas carols & stickers of paintings on the Christmas theme to add to each page There's information about the origins & meanings of the carols & paintings & QR codes to listen to the tunes online Published in association with The National Gallery ...

Christmas Cat Hanging Decoration A sweet little natural toned wooden hanging cat decoration with added festive red features & faux fur trimmings This cute character will be sure to place perfectly in any family home tree at Christmas 14cm x 7cm in size ...