Christmas Short Stories Anthology

Rasmus Klump og vennerne elsker december! Og selvom december kan føles lang, er der både travlt og tid til eventyr i Rasmus Klumps juletid. Rasmus Klumps Pixi®-julekalender indeholder 24 Pixi®-historier med en sød historie fra Rasmus Klumps trygge univers til hver dag i december.

24 Geschichten, Lieder und Gedichte für die ganze Familie erfüllen das Zuhause mit vielseitigen Klängen, Freude und weihnachtlicher Stimmung. Die Themen umfassen die komplette Weihnachtszeit, vom Beginn des Advents über Nikolaus bis hin zum Dreikönigstag. Gesprochen und gesungen werden die Geschichten, Lieder und Gedichte von ausgewählten Stimmen, die die weihnachtliche Atmosphäre unterstreichen. So wächst die Vorfreude von ganz allein.

Mirabilia: contos de Natal é o conjunto de maravilhas que nasceu do encontro entre pessoas que cultivavam o sonho de escrever. Cada um a seu modo, os 22 autores que compõem esta obra aprenderam a respirar e observar o mundo, calçar os sapatos do outro, enxergar muito além do próprio território e recriar a ordem da vida em contos para rir, chorar, pensar. São provas honestas de uma experiência que virou alegria, sonho realizado, uma mirabilia coletiva.

When Angelica Cartwright heads to Kentucky to begin her teaching career, she never dreams she will be waylaid in Mistletoe, Kentucky, with a broken foot and cared for by a handsome wood-carver and his daughter. However, she soon finds that Luke Tanner is also carving himself onto her heart

Alice McKinney was supposed to be home for the holidays. Instead, she’s trapped in a blizzard, held up in a small cabin somewhere on the coast of Oregon. If that wasn’t bad enough, her brother had sent his best friend, Eric, to drive her home instead. The man of her childhood dreams. It was supposed to be a simple road trip for him, too: Go down to Cali, grab Alice, and bring her home to Portland. But spending 15 hours in a car with the girl he’d always wanted - but couldn’t have - was punishment.

Ada knows true love and happily-ever-afters only exist in the romance books she reads. It's Christmas...again. She needs to get away from home, away from the dreaded memories of her failed marriage. The serene Green Mountain Inn seems like the ideal place. But there’s not the only reason. It’s also her favorite romance author Patricia Millett’s rumored hangout spot. There, Ada runs into Warren, a charming guy, who's also come to the Green Mountain for a break from life. An uncanny chemistry sparks between them. Ada knows not to trust it.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas is a story audiobook for the whole family, with a collection of original stories and poems by Chris all set around the festive period.

In spite of a brief experimentation early in their relationship, Doc and Carrie Baumgartner have since maintained a monogamous marriage without too much difficulty or even temptation - until now. A move far from home, coupled with new friends and long hours away from each other, have left the young Baumgartner couple on shaky ground. Doc believes bringing in someone "new" like they did early in their relationship might add just the spice their marriage needs, but Carrie isn't so sure about that plan.

This is the audio program to play at home over Christmas or during the car journey to see relatives. Dylan Thomas, "The Little Match Girl," and "The Nutcracker" are read by Jenny Agutter with accompanying Tchaikovsky's music - this is a must for Christmas. It contains new recordings as well as some of the finest tracks from the Naxos AudioBooks catalogue.

Samantha wasn't expecting what she got for Christmas this year. Her doorbell rang and there sitting on her porch was a baby in a basket. This changes her life for the good. But then something happens. The baby's father comes for his child. How can Samantha convince him that she is the best thing for the child?

In this classic series of delightful Christmas stories especially for kids are all the beautiful hopes, dreams, peace, love, light, and joy we look forward to every 25th of December. Here is a unique loving collection of extraordinary tales for all the little ones on the most special day of the calendar year. A very Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! A truly unique audio treasure the whole family can enjoy!

We Bleed Red & Green presents 12 chilling tales for the holidays from author Jeff C. Carter. Santa gets tough on the Naughty List, a shut-in becomes addicted to a mysterious snow globe, and a poor inventor must forge his escape from a deadly curse. See how the Christmas spirit haunts playgrounds, dive bars, desperate thieves, and jungle explorers.

Gnarl Saves Christmas is a satire of classic holiday tales and modern fantasy. The tale is told on a cold, snowy night, when two children snuggle in bed while Grandpa tells them a story. In a long-ago age when monsters and magic ruled the land of men, a family of beast-like gnolls is visited by jolly St. Nick. Chaos ensues, and by the time that it's done, the ruler of their clan - Gnarl - must don the red and white garb, take up the magic bag, and finish the rounds, lest the holidays be lost across all of the land.

Out on the prairie, the Joseph family is all astir with concealing their Christmas gifts for one another. But will Santa come this year? After all, the crops had failed this summer and they were on short commons. When their town neighbors, the Ralstons ask to take refuge overnight at the Joseph's on Christmas Eve, they make a shakedown bed in front of the fire. But what will become of the big bundle of gifts they carried in with them?

Here are five spooky stories to listen to near the fireplace. Sit back and relax with the Shiver and Fears first Christmas short tales!

Four dark tales of the holiday spirit. In "Christmas Eve Gift", Old Bill sets out on her annual Christmas Eve journey to her niece's house and encounters an unexpected darkness along the way. In "A Dark Christmas", Alice, a dark daughter of the vampire, Elizabet, turns the table on a family of hunters. In "On the 7th Day of Christmas", Sunny finally gets to throw a party, only a monster shows up and twists a small kink into her New Year's Eve festivities. In "Twelfth Night", A 13-year-old encounters the Woman with No Face for the first time.

After the death of his brother, Robert not only becomes Viscount Landers but also gives up his army career and agrees to marry his brother's beautiful fiancé to ensure the succession. When he's snowed in for Christmas with his shrewish betrothed and her attractive but practical cousin, Eleanor Carlisle, Robert realizes he's engaged to the wrong woman. As the temperature plunges, the heat is on Viscount Landers to untangle the ties of duty and the wishes of the heart.

In "A Country Christmas", Louisa May Alcott tells the story of Sophie, a debutante from the city who travels to rural Vermont to spend Christmas with her cousins Saul and Ruth. Though apprehensive at first, Sophie learns that the charms of celebrating Christmas in the country are many.

'Rumpole and the Christmas Break' sees the irrepressible barrister defending a young Muslim man who has been charged with murder. As the case adjourns for the holiday, the cards are stacked against him and the judge is hostile. Stuck in a country house hotel over Christmas, can Rumpole use the break to clear his client's name? Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

When a chance meeting at a Broadway show leads to an unexpected attraction, things quickly heat up. With Aaron's hypnotic blue eyes distorting Ari's vision and judgment, the loud traffic buzzing in her ears, his masculine scent filling her nose, his body heat enveloping her and his breath ghosting across her lips, it's inevitable that she give into the temptation of a younger man. How can she deny the allure when she suddenly feels more alive than she's felt in more than a decade?