Summary: This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas are in the Christian observance of the birth of Christ on 25 December and, since the early 20th century, it has become a secular holiday with a myriad decorations, rituals, and themes.00Key themes covered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Inc. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Christmas has been canceled! Or at least it will be if Santa can't find a way to guide his sleigh through a fierce blizzard. Fortunately for him, there's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2010
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD RUDSummary: Journey back to the 1800s and celebrate Christmas on Mackinac Island with a young French woman. Relive Christmas in Detroit when streetcars took you Christmas shopping. Travel to the Upper Peninsula during the Depression when money and food were scarce - but not the Christmas spirit. Re-enter the kitchens of your mother and grandmothers. Read and remember their baking powder biscuits, ginger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eberly Press 1987
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 977 EBECummings, Troy
Summary: Initially, super-snazzy Christmas tree ornament, Otto, thinks he should be placed at the top of tree to be admired, but then he realizes where he really wants to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CUMSummary: 'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the yard the Cat in the Hat and his guests partied hard. When the party was over, and the guests all departed one poor baby reindeer was left broken-hearted! Can the Cat in the Hat, Sally, Nick and the Fish help make come true little Ralph's Christmas wish? To be with his family, in far-off Freeze-Your-Knees. Will you help see him home? Come be our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Sattler, Jennifer Gordon
Summary: A variation on the folk song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," featuring gifts that consist of birds, including beret-wearing French hens and "calling" birds using their cell phones. Includes the original words, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SAT (BOARD)Climo, Shirley.
Summary: Long ago in Germany, an old woman cleans her house and decorates her Christmas tree, hoping that this year she will witness some special Christmas Eve magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC CLIHeim, Alastair
Summary: The Grinch is back and ready to prove to the residents of Who-ville that he has changed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE HEIHoráček, Petr.
Summary: Suzy Goose tries again and again to get a star for the Christmas tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HORRaedisch, Linda
Summary: "Spice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through the world's oldest and most iconic Christmas recipes. This culinary adventure offers fascinating historical details and uncanny tidbits about sailors, saints, tomb raiders, refugees, and witches. You will discover what the ancient Egyptian version of gingerbread was like, why cookies were once considered pharmaceuticals,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2023
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Summary: The Chipmunks offer up a second round of 9 holiday favorites.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI America Records 1987
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: CD HOLIDAY CHRSummary: A family that hasn't celebrated Christmas since their son was killed in the Gulf War is visited by a soldier who bears a striking resemblance to their son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Home Bridge Entertainment 2007
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Summary: The Chipmunks offer up 10 holiday favorites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cema Special Markets 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD HOLIDAY CHRContents: Santa Claus is coming to town (Skeeter Davis) (2:29) -- Jingle bells (Donna Fargo) (2:35) -- Old Kris Kringle (Kitty Wells) (2:31) -- Up on the house top (Gene Autry) (2:34) -- O come all ye faithful (Jack Greene) (3:40) -- Joy to the world (Jeannie C. Riley) (3:52) -- Silent night (Eddy Raven) (2:17) -- Here comes Santa Claus (Kitty Wells) (2:24) -- Away in a manger (Jeannie C. Riley) (2:20)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Direct Source Special Products 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD HOLIDAY CLAPresley, Elvis
Contents: Winter wonderland -- Here comes Santa Claus -- Blue Christmas -- Santa bring my baby back (to me) -- If every day was like Christmas -- (There'll be) peace in the valley (for me) -- I'll be home on Christmas day-- Silver bells -- Santa Claus is back to town -- I'll be home for Christmas -- O come, all ye faithful -- White Christmas -- Merry Christmas baby -- Holly leaves and Christmas trees --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD HOLIDAY ELVSummary: Lonely Grumpy Cat lives in a mall pet shop where she never gets chosen by customers. One day during the holidays, a very special twelve-year-old girl named Chrystal enters the pet store and falls in love with Grumpy. The two form a special friendship when Chrystal discovers she is the only person who can hear this feline talk. Will Grumpy Cat finally learn the true meaning of Christmas?
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks, LLC. 2014
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD GRUDarlington, André
Summary: Whether you're planning your finest Ugly Christmas Sweater Party or spending a quiet evening by the stocking-lined fireside at home, make the season bright with this guide to 40 favorite holiday albums from the 1940s to the present. Each entry features liner notes on the album and accompanying boozy beverage recipes that complement the music or connect the drink to the artist. Select holiday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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Summary: "Ever since he left Scotland to start a new life in America, Duff MacCallister has stayed true to the values and traditions of his clan in the Highlands. But as Christmas approaches, he yearns to reconnect with his family-even the ones he hasn't met yet. This year, two of his American cousins-twins Andrew and Rosanna-will be joining Duff for the holidays at the Sky Meadow Ranch. That is, if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC JOHNebres, Charlotte
Summary: "The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN NEBNoël Hume, Ivor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.5 NOERoberts, Sheila
Summary: "Sunny, Arianna and Molly are having three very different but equally terrible Christmases. Sunny is a newlywed with two new stepkids who want nothing to do with her; Arianna is newly divorced and hates having to send her daughter off to spend the holiday with her dad; for Molly, nothing is new, but her job at the post office is getting very, very old. The whole Christmas season has been a bust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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Summary: Single mom Bristol Quinn is trying desperately to rediscover happiness after the tragic accident that took her younger sister's life. Older sister Savannah's Christmas wedding seems like the perfect time to invite Hope's heart recipient to meet the Quinns and their extended Hope Falls family. But when her letter goes unanswered, Bristol focuses on trying not to ruin her daughter's peewee ice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloom Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Smith, Michael W. (Michael Whitaker)
Contents: The night before -- Christmas is here -- Here with us -- Caroling, caroling -- Sometime every Christmas -- How great our joy -- Freeze the frame -- The one -- Newborn king -- The star -- God with God -- Christmas at wildwood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocketown Records 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD HOLIDAY SMITenors (Vocal group)
Summary: The Tenors ring in the holiday season with an album featuring fifteen holiday classics including Joy to the World; White Christmas; Do You Hear What I Hear; and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music Canada 2023