A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers across the globe to see all the treats that await Santa on Christmas Eve. M.E. Furman provides recipes for children to bake some of Santa's cookies for themselves.

What makes Christmas special? Decorations, carols, food, gifts, and time spent with those we love can certainly create a memorable legacy. But for Christians, Christmas is about more than personal tradition. In this third installment of Christmas Moments, 55 authors hope their storeis will encourage others to recognize the evidence of Christ often hidden in plain sight in their own lives.

Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to a big old man in a red suit, a yule log and an obsession with the John Lewis advert? If the story of Christmas tells us one thing, it's that human beings are always inventing "ancient" traditions... Some of it is historical: 'Christians "stole" the date of Christmas from an existing Roman festival'; Some is folkloric: 'mistletoe is a druidic ritual'; Some to do with social history:...

Presents some basic facts about Christmas, along with jokes and riddles, Christmas crafts, and brief explanations of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

A collection of Christmas carols, crafts, stories, and cookery.

John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season.

A Christmas collection of stories and poems, including Don't look, The snowshoe rabbits, and What can I give him?