You're dreading Christmas with your in-laws. You've got a cold coming on. You're worried you've forgotten to buy a gift for somebody. Apply this book to the affected area. You should soon feel like your cheeful self again. Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm will remind you that Christmas is a magical time of year & romance can blossom in the least likely of places. ...

Issy Randall proud owner of The Cupcake Cafe is in love & couldnt be happier. Her new business is thriving & she is surrounded by close friends even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl & Caroline dont seem quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow & merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance. & when the Christmas rush at the cafe
- with its increased demand for her delectable creations
- begins to take its toll Issy has to decide what she holds most dear. This December Issy will have to rely on all her reserves of courage good nature & cinnamon to make sure everyone has a merry Christmas one way or another.. . Indulge yourself & your sweet-toothed friends with Jenny Colgans new novel simply bursting with Christmas cupcake recipes & seasonal sugar-fuelled fun.

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Join Ben & Holly & their friends on an exciting visit to the North Pole & find out whether they get to meet a rather famous bearded gentleman in a red outfit.. . Father Christmas! Enjoy an avalanche of Little Kingdom Christmas fun in this magical book
- & sing along with the umpah-umpah song at the end!
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The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings families go to church together everyone enjoys treats of the festive season. & when it snows as the carol singers make their way round the cottages on the green it seems as if Christmas will be perfect this year. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems. Phyllida & Frank have their work cut out for them when they agree to take on the Nativity play
- made all the more difficult by an outbreak of chicken pox. The indomitable Ella has lived in Thrush Green for as long as anyone can remember but lately she has been behaving strangely. Then there are the dreadful Burwells newcomers to Thrush Green who cause something of a stir with their home improvements. For Nelly owner of The Fuchsia Bush tea shop Christmas is an especially busy time with people dropping in for much-needed refreshment weary from all their Christmas shopping but then she receives an unexpected letter.
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Cassie settled down too young marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now ten years later she is betrayed & broken. With her marriage in tatters & no career or home of her own she needs to work out where she belongs in the world & who she really is. So begins a year-long trial as Cassie leaves her sheltered life in rural Scotland to stay with each of her best friends in the most glamorous cities in the world: New York Paris & London. Exchanging grouse moor & mousy hair for low-carb diets & high-end highlights Cassie tries on each city for size as she attempts to track down the life she was supposed to have been leading & with it the man who was supposed to love her all along. ...

Whatever the celebration whatever the day whatever the occasion Helen Steiner Rice possessed the ability to express the appropriate feeling for that particular moment in time. Her positive attitude her concern for others & her love of God are identifiable threads woven into her life & her work. The role Christmas plays in an individuals life depends on the interpretation of the event & varies from person to person & family to family. In this collection of verses Helen Steiner Rice simply & touchingly reaffirms the nature of faith & hope. ...

Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths & memories of childhood & traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Battle of Life & The Cricket on the Hearth. ...

Dickens story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens other Christmas writings collected here include The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" the short story from " The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based; along with shorter pieces drawn from the " Christmas Stories" that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality charity & remembrance." ...

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books
- a true classic & a Christmas time must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him scare him into mending his ways & he finds as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim & their family that geniality brings its own reward. ...