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Jake, the town’s most eligible bachelor, volunteers to help set up the massive Christmas tree in the town square, but a misplaced ornament sends the whole thing crashing down—right on top of him. Stuck and unable to move, he calls out for help, and the last person he expects to see is shy librarian Tessa. As Tessa helps him out from under the branches, they bond over their mutual love for the holidays. Could this Christmas tree disaster turn into the best thing that’s happened to them both?

A reminiscence of the Christmas tree tradition and the stories told around them. Maybe some of the tales will sound familiar. 'A Christmas Tree' is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known.

Allison is determined to make it home before Christmas, but a snowstorm throws her plans off course and leaves her stranded at a tiny roadside inn. She’s not alone—handsome stranger Luke is also snowed in. With nothing to do but wait out the storm, Allison and Luke spend a fun evening sharing stories, decorating the inn’s Christmas tree, and discovering they have more in common than they ever could have imagined.

¿Cuánto dinero se obtiene por apagar la vitalidad de una criatura? Hay casos en que el destino está sellado desde la más temprana juventud. Los niños ven cómo queda herida su inocencia, y truncadas sus oportunidades, por culpa de la avaricia, el egoísmo, e incluso, los bajos deseos de ciertos hombres.

"A Christmas Tree" is perhaps best described as Dickens' "other" Christmas story. This is an elderly narrator's reminiscence of holidays past, each incident inspired by the gifts and toys that decorate the traditional tree. There is a range of appeal in the story itself, from snug memories of beloved toys to the passing along of eerie stories surrounding various childhood haunts.

Holly and the Christmas Tree is a holiday collection of tiny stories. Set in various time periods, each tale draws the reader into all that is magical about the Christmas season. Wild New Year's Eve parties, the first Christmas trees sold at market, a little girl's dream present, an injured Santa Claus, and a family healing each other's broken hearts are just a glimpse of the touching, fun, bite-sized stories. There's something for everyone!

The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree is a Christmas-time short story written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1876. It was first published in A Writer's Diary, January 1876. This story is also known as "The Heavenly Christmas Tree". The author begins by telling us he has made this story up, but that even so, he thinks it must have actually happened—on Christmas Eve, in a great town, at a time of terrible frost. The boy of the title, "six years old or younger," awakens in a frigid cellar, reaches for his mother, and finds she is "as cold as the wall." He makes his way outside.

Lucy’s holiday season is all about planning the perfect charity gala for her town. But when a clumsy turn lands her under the mistletoe with Samuel, her best friend’s older brother, things get a little more complicated. One awkward kiss later, Lucy can’t stop thinking about the sparks that flew between them. Samuel, however, is known for being aloof and focused on his career.

A Christmas ball sets the plans in motion for the wealthy Julian Mastakovich, for an immensely wealthy business man has just announced that his daughter has a dowry of 300,000 rubles. First published in 1848, and adapted into a motion picture in 2000, Dostoyevsky shines a light on the business end of well-moneyed marriage. It begins when an 11-year-old girl gets an extravagant doll at a Christmas ball.

This everlasting tale of the first Christmas tree follows the monk Winfred as he journeys to lands far and wide to teach others about Christianity. During his adventure, he happens upon those who believe in the ancient thunder god Thor and teaches them the way of Christ.

When Amber is hired to decorate the mansion of a high-profile client for Christmas, she’s determined to impress. But when the mountain of tinsel she's to use arrives in a hopelessly tangled mess, she’s in over her head. Enter her client’s charming yet mischievous brother, Daniel, who offers to help her out of the holiday jam.

Novelista ruso, uno de los más importantes de la literatura universal, que escudriñó hasta el fondo de la mente y el corazón humanos, y cuya obra narrativa ejerció una profunda influencia en todos los ámbitos de la cultura moderna.