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Get ready to tickle your funny bone with this collection of hilarious St. Patrick's Day dad jokes! Perfect for all ages, these jokes are sure to bring a smile to your face and get you in the spirit of the holiday. Whether you're a fan of puns or witty one-liners, this book has something for everyone.

When Juniper Holiday invited guests to her latest party to see the new year in with a bang, she didn’t mean from a gun. But when Mayor Berkshaw is shot dead at the stroke of midnight, that’s exactly what they get. Amidst champagne corks, fireworks, and a house full of masked guests, it’s impossible to know who pulled the trigger.

Okay, so I can be a little ditzy at times, but that doesn't change the truth of what I saw. Someone is out to get me, and they're making it impossible to accomplish my normal Christmas routine. See, I love Christmas and snow and everything December, so when I got invited to the town of Rudolph to review the new lodge, I couldn't be happier. And it was going great until I witnessed a murder.

The lead-up to Christmas sees the Connection private investigation team planning their festive season. Until a new case arrives. Catapulted into their biggest mystery yet, they are tasked with finding a killer who has been released on parole, and subsequently disappeared. Has he returned to finish the murder he tried to commit before his capture? As he targets his intended victim, his attention is also focused on the private investigators and their police colleagues with devastating effect. With families torn apart, Doris must seek assistance from a colleague from her past.

Gabriella Jacques, is happy to be back in her childhood home, Villa Espoir in the South of France ready to embrace fresh experiences with friends new and old and to heal some deep family scars. Recently widowed Harriet Rogers, hopes to rebuild her family life and reconnect with Elodie, the daughter she abandoned into her mother Gabby’s care to follow her heart. But when an acquaintance from the past seeks her out, Harriet fears a secret from her past will ruin her plans. Elodie Jacques, adores her new life in her Grandmothers old home as a freelance journalist.

"Die Holunderbraut und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten" laden zu einem Ausflug ins Reich der Erzählungen ein. Geschichten, die nicht nur in der Vorweihnachtszeit unter die Haut und zu Herzen gehen. Beschaulich-erbauliche, tiefsinnige und heitere Schilderungen, die sich für gemütliche Stunden, ob zu Hause oder unterwegs, eignen und den Tag mit Weihnachtsgefühl bereichern.

Rebellious Christmas wreaths. Mysterious welly-dwelling eggs. A plague of irate water fowl. And ten ladies of a certain age who are by no means the least troublesome of Toot Hansell's residents, as far as Detective Inspector Adams is concerned. She's entirely certain her training never covered dealing with the Women's Institute, dragons, or festive magic spills. Not to mention invisible dogs with caffeine dependencies. But Christmas is almost here. Things can't go too wrong. . . can they? Well. It is Toot Hansell.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Satanic Santa and experience the compelling world of witchcraft, spells, and darkness.

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it.

Washington Irving's Old Christmas tells of an American's travels through England during the Christmas season. Through a chance meeting with an old friend, he is able to experience Christmas in a stately manor house. Through his eyes as a houseguest, he glimpses the uniquely British customs and celebrations of Christmas as it would have been experienced during the Middle Ages, rather than in the early 19th century.

Thompson Hall, redolent of plum pudding and mince pie, green of holly, warmed by omnipotent Victorian fireplaces, awaits the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Brown from the south of France. But they may never make it to Thompson Hall. The story opens in Paris at Le Grand Hotel, where Mr. Brown is down with "a throat condition"—he is unable to travel to England. Only Mrs. Brown is quite determined they will go on. So begins a Christmas tale complicated and simple, pathetic and farcical, embarrassing—even risque, though of course it could be read aloud to an assembled Victorian family.

Maddie Carson is a happily married wife and mother of two who enjoys her simple life in North Carolina. Her father visits from his home in California every holiday, always bringing the family down with his sad stories of his dearly departed wife who has been gone for 30 years. When Maddie's husband happens to open a Christmas card with a strange message in it, her world is turned upside down.

Twenty stories were originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens felt at the social and economic injustices of his day. Some of the stories were written in collaboration with other authors.

Junie Harper is no stranger to the rumor that Santa’s radio brings couples together. She’s heard stories of the radio’s matchmaking magic her whole life. As a child, Junie created a list of everything she wanted in a husband, just to make sure Santa paired her with the right person.

Weiße Weihnacht, Liebeschaos und Glühwein mit Schuss! Das Schneegestöber, das die ganze Stadt lahmlegt, kann die Lockdown-WG kaum aus der Ruhe bringen. Durch die Quarantäne haben die Bewohner des Heidelberger Mietshauses gelernt, mit solchen Situationen umzugehen. Es sind ganz andere Dinge, die kurz vor den Feiertagen für Aufregung sorgen und die Gefühlswelt einiger Bewohner auf den Kopf stellen! Die neunjährige Emily möchte Glücksbringerin in Sachen Liebe spielen und schmiedet allerhand Pläne. Eine heimliche Liebelei kommt ans Tageslicht, während andere ihre wahren Gefühle hinterfragen.

Isleen Frost wishes her family had stayed in Dublin for Christmas, but understands it would have been folly to decline an invitation to the Duke of Montfort’s Christmastide house party. Isleen refuses to allow the opulent castle and powerful duke to impress her. But the duke’s eldest son, Lord Farleigh, is another matter entirely.

Eric was born a billionaire, but his take on life was different from that of his father. His father was a visionary, a self-made man, and a renowned workaholic. Contrastingly, Eric valued his experiences, his friends, and his family. Eric visited his grandmother every Christmas who lived in Flagstaff, their hometown. He dated Layla as a teenager, whose father owned a local Indian restaurant in Flagstaff. Their relationship progressed from being friends to lovers, as they kept seeing each other every holiday season. The wealth disparity never bothered them before.

Charley never expected to spend Christmas in a hospital, helping his wife fight for her life. With this shadow cast over his holiday season, Charley finds an unlikely friend in Henry, an old man who likes to listen to the bells in the park next to the hospital. Charley finds a sympathetic ear in Henry, a man who went through the crisis of losing his wife—twice.

La cittadina Lacey Lane esplora Christmas Mountain in cerca di una location per un reality show romantico, e prende due picconi con una fava quando esplodono le scintille tra lei e il ragazzo del posto Jacob Curtis, che non vuole che la sua cittadina venga sfruttata per gli ascolti televisivi.

All Jenny Caldwell wants is a cowboy for Christmas. She didn’t think it was too much to ask for a Wrangler-wearing, Stetson-sporting brawny Texan to be left under her tree to make her last Christmas on her family’s ranch memorable.