Holiday Classics

Der Geist der Weihnachtszeit. Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein herzloser, egoistischer Geizhals. Seine Mitmenschen sind ihm egal, das Einzige, was für ihn zählt, sind Geld und Erfolg. Kein Wunder, dass Scrooge auch am Weihnachtstag allein ist. Doch dann bekommt er Besuch aus dem Jenseits von seinem verstorbenen Geschäftspartner Marley. Mithilfe dreier Geister zeigt der ihm sein früheres, sein gegenwärtiges und sein zukünftiges Leben. Und Scrooge erkennt voller Schrecken, dass er sein Verhalten ändern muss.

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it.

Em noites aconchegantes de inverno, aproveite uma seleção de contos de Natal incríveis do querido autor Hans Christian Andersen. Quase dois séculos depois de serem publicadas pela primeira vez, as histórias de Andersen permanecem como contos de bem e mal, amor e perda, e lealdade em face a grandes dificuldades. Elas estão ao alcance das crianças, mas também apresentam lições de virtude para os adultos! Relembre os contos preferidos da sua infância ou apresente a imaginação de Andersen a um pequeno leitor antes do Natal....

Sprinkled with humor, Our Last Christmas Wish is a raw and inspiring story of hope, faith, and love. Chris’ resolution to live with meaning and his determination to inspire that passion in others kindles joy and warmth in the true spirit of Christmas, enriching lives around the world as his story is shared year after year.

A collection of 29 of Enid Blyton's Christmas stories. Visit Santa's workshop, hang up your stocking and help two naughty goblins make a Christmas pudding in this magical collection from the classic children's author. Stories include 'Mr Icy-Cold', 'The Christmas Party' and 'Rescuing Santa Claus'. A wonderful selection to enjoy and share. Mystery and magic, laughter and mischief, the joy of shared times and plenty of delicious food....

Cuento de Nochebuena, Una Visita de San Nicolas es una encantadora historia navideña que ha dado vida a Papá Noel durante generaciones. Celebre la temporada navideña con la edición número uno en ventas del New York Times del poema clásico escrito por Clement C. Moore. Esta es la clásica edición de tapa dura con una portada en relieve y un desplegable de cuatro páginas, ¡y es perfecta para regalar!

Join in and sing along with a host of much-loved holiday songs. The Wheels on the Bus Holiday Songs includes: "We Three Kings", "Deck the Halls", "Up On the Housetop", "I Saw Three Ships", "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World", "Away in a Manager", "The First Noel", "Over the River and Through the Woods", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Oh, Christmas Tree", "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", and "Jolly Old St. Nicholas".

At one time, Jacob MacCallum had it all: wealth, a wonderful family, and a position as one of the most respected businessmen in Chicago. For the past 20 years, he's lived in an alcohol-induced haze, riddled with guilt for his role in the untimely death of his wife. Estranged from his children and penniless, he embarks on a journey to find his family and seek their forgiveness. On his path to redemption, he encounters a young girl whose friendship might be the key to reuniting the MacCallum family just in time for Christmas.

Banished! Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly about on her broomstick crying "Heh-Heh!" and casting abracadabras, but now she has been sent away, by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa love to tell stories about Old Witch, until one day they decide she is just too mean and wicked. Drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, the girls exile Old Witch there with the warning that she'd better be good - or else no Halloween.

It's the Christmas season, and Mr. Timothy Cratchit, not the pious child the world thought he was, has just buried his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a cripple and shed his financial ties to his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by losing himself in the thick of London's underbelly. He boards at a brothel in exchange for teaching the mistress how to read and spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in their pockets.

Pressato dagli editori, Fëdor Dostoevskij scrisse "Il giocatore" in poche settimane 'per necessità'...

Cuento de Navidad es una novela corta que cuenta la historia de un hombre avaro y egoísta llamado Ebenezer Scrooge y su transformación tras recibir la visita de una serie de fantasmas en Nochebuena. Este relato fue muy bien recibido por los lectores y los críticos. Scrooge era un señor muy adinerado cuyo único socio, Marley, había muerto. Este anciano solitario, vivía en su particular mundo, todo le desagradaba y más aún la Navidad. Su rutina diaria esa caminar por las mismas calles sin que nadie lo saludara.

The Cricket on the Heart is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845. Dickens began writing the book in October 1845 and finished it by December. Like all of Dickens’s Christmas books, it was published in book form, not as a serial. Dickens described the novel as “quiet and domestic innocent and pretty.” It is subdivided into chapters called “Chirps”, similar to the “Quarters” of The Chimes or the “Staves” of A Christmas Carol.

An imaginative work first published in 1902, L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus tells the story of Claus, an orphaned boy raised by various immortal creatures in an enchanted forest. When he reaches adulthood, Claus is told to live among mortals; he is disheartened initially by poverty, war, and other negative aspects of humanity. He becomes well-known for his kindness to children, and this enthusiasm leads to the invention of the first toys.

In this beautifully packaged anthology, discover lesser-known and tender stories and poems from classic authors you know and love. Each selection honors the spirit of the season and celebrates the beauty, mystery, and joy found at this time of year. From O. Henry’s iconic story “The Gift of the Magi” to L. Frank Baum’s quaint and clever history of Santa Claus and his reindeer, the stories gathered in A Timeless Christmas honor the yuletide tales and traditions passed down through generations.

Ebenezer Krow is a relentless man who charges through life, holding himself and everyone else to the letter of the law. Krow’s nephew, his employees, his business associates - even mankind in general - all feel the castigating burn of Krow’s glare. One night, on Christmas Eve, Krow is visited by his long-dead business partner, Marley Chastain. The ghost warns Krow that three spirits, one of them a devil, will assail him throughout the night. But will the harrowing experience be enough to tear the scab from his sin-scarred soul?

Richard, seine Frau Keri und ihre kleine Tochter Jenna leben in ziemlich beengten Verhältnissen. Als sie in der Zeitung die Anzeige der alten Dame Mary-Ann Parkin lesen, die während der Adventszeit Hilfe für Haushalt und Garten sucht und dafür eine Wohnung bietet, müssen sie nicht lange überlegen. Bald schon ziehen sie in der vornehmen Villa der Witwe ein. Zufällig findet Richard auf dem Dachboden eine kleine, kunstvoll verzierte Schatulle. Gerade rechtzeitig zu den Weihnachtsfeiertagen lässt ihr Inhalt Richard erkennen, wie sehr er den Blick für das Wertvollste im Leben verloren hat.

Der Weihnachtsklassiker – zeitlos, spannend, poetisch – meisterhaft gelesen von Ulrich Noethen. Am Weihnachtsabend gibt es im Hause Stahlbaum endlich Bescherung! Fritz freut sich über eine Armee Zinnsoldaten, während es für seine Schwester Marie nichts Schöneres gibt als den wehmütig dreinblickenden Nussknacker, mit dem sie bis tief in die Nacht hinein spielt. Doch um Mitternacht kommt plötzlich Leben in die eben noch unbeweglichen Dinge: Als eine erbitterte Schlacht zwischen dem Nussknacker und dem bösen Mausekönig entbrennt, beginnt für Marie eine märchenhafte Reise ins Reich der Fantasie.

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' best loved tales. Ebenezer Scrooge, described as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner," is certainly no lover of the Christmas season. He is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that he will be visited by three further spirits: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.

The wonderful ghostly world of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, re-told in a proper, warm, friendly London accent. Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter old man, his hard-nosed attitude to Christmas and the hard-up of the streets of London, summed up as "bah, humbug!" In this passionate telling, C. C. Hogan will take you back to 1843, to the world of the common man, of extreme poverty, but of honest hearts and honest souls.