christmas

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christmas

The Christmas witch

an Italian legend
1997
Having missed her chance to see him on the first Christmas, old Befana travels around Italy each year searching for the Christ Child and leaving cookies and Christmas presents for the sleeping children.

Christmas in other lands

1993
Mrs. Larsen's class learns how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico, Sweden, Greece, Zimbabwe, and the Philippines.

How six found Christmas

1991
A little girl's quest for Christmas leads her into the Great Snow Forest where she is joined in her search by a cat, a dog, a hawk, a fox, and a mockingbird.

The Christmas party

1978
Orson Abbot helps a group of younger rabbits organize a surprise Christmas party for their parents.

The Christmas miracle of Jonathan Toomey

1995
The widow McDowell and her seven-year-old son Thomas ask the gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve the figures for a Christmas creche.

Addy's surprise

A Christmas story
1993
Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War.

The Polar Express

1985
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
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Lyle at Christmas

1998
At Christmastime, Lyle the crocodile helps Mr. Grumps search for his missing cat Loretta.
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Tree of cranes

1991
A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes.
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Baseball bats for Christmas

1990
Describes Christmas in 1955 in Repulse Bay when two little boys find a bat to play baseball with on the Arctic circle.
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