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Christmas Stories

15 Super Weird Christmas Books

| Posted 12.11.2012 | Books

Originally posted on Publishers Weekly xyz blog: A quick look at the calendar shows only a few weeks until Christmas, which means that you have onl...

Seattle Girl Sends Christmas Wish Attached To Balloon, Calif. Family Responds

AP | Posted 12.24.2011 | Impact

AUBURN, Wash. -- A 5-year-old girl from suburban Seattle sent a letter to Santa attached to two pink balloons, and it ended up in the hands of a North...

Christmas and the Reindeer: What Is One to Do?

Ken White | Posted 02.21.2012 | San Francisco
Ken White

A Miracle on 34th Street aside, most families develop their own holiday classics. Here's one of our favorites, back long ago when our daughter, now grown, struggled to keep her eyes open in hopes of catching a glimpse of Santa.

Why Capote's A Christmas Memory Is an Enduring Gift for All Seasons

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 02.18.2012 | Books
Susan Dormady Eisenberg

"Imagine a morning in late November. A coming of winter morning more than twenty years ago." It's my favorite opening in fiction, the first two lines of Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory.

'My Birth Mom Was There': Readers Recall Their Best Holiday Memories

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 11.26.2011 | Women

The holidays obviously mean a variety of things to different people, from the religious significance they have for many of us to the simple enjoyment ...