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Christmas is the world's biggest festival, yet we barely understand how we got here. Somewhere between Jesus, Dickens and Coke, Christmas became the beloved chaotic present-fest that it currently is. If it's a turkey, we should really stop stuffing it. So let's unwrap it instead....

Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt's Christmas, he retraces his most memorable Christmas sojourns to remind us of the many marvelous ways that we celebrate this special...

From bestselling author and influential pastor Joel Osteen, a touching and very personal collection that conveys—through his remembrances of Christmases past—the true meaning of Christmas. For many, the Christmas season can be filled with distractions and anxiety rather than the joy and...

Former secretary of education and New York Times bestselling author William Bennett blends his historical expertise with his gift for storytelling into a heartwarming book about the man who ultimately became known as Santa Claus. Beloved writer and speaker William Bennett brings the legendary...

When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the LA set of her reality baking show, she loses a lot more than consciousness; she also loses her ability to taste and smell - both critical to her success as show judge. Meanwhile, Charlie's identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold her own life together back in their quaint mountain hometown while running the family's bustling bakery and dealing with her ex. With only days until Christmas, a desperate Charlie asks Cass to do something they haven't done since they were kids: switch places. 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *Featuring Max's comforting voice, this updated and expanded edition of 3:16 is the first full-length audiobook read by America's pastor, Max Lucado.* Discover how amazingly deep, wide, long, and high God’s love is for you. Sometimes life appears to fall to pieces and...

Have you ever looked more closely at the Easter story and wondered how Jesus' death on the cross transforms every day of your life? In The Gift of the Cross, beloved and trusted pastor Dr. Charles F. Stanley walks us through the Lenten and Easter seasons with biblical teaching on Christ's...

The perfect cosy Christmas novel to curl up with this winter, from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Bramley. 'The perfect Christmas treat!' Sarah Morgan 'The perfect early Christmas present for yourself!' Sophie Cousens * * * * Can two complete strangers save Christmas? Christmas has always meant...

How do we learn life lessons from a grumpy penny-pincher so unpleasant that dogs run from him on sight? Does Scripture suggest we all have a touch of Scrooge in us? Can we all benefit from reexamining who we've become in our own life stories? Bestselling author Bob Welch invites us to discover...

Enrich your holidays with little reminders about the things that matter most in life. If George and Mary Bailey are annual guests at your home every winter, you already know that It's a Wonderful Life is more than just a holiday tradition--it's a powerful reminder that our lives can change...

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Pull up a chair, pour some eggnog, and enjoy the Christmas spirit with friends… From the wind-swept, snowy ranges of Wyoming to Florida beaches glowing with Christmas lights, All American Christmas traces holiday traditions across the United States. In this...

An intriguing and funny overview on the story of the Christmas carols linked to the American tradition. Entertaining anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, scandals, gossips of the past times, all belonging to an America that does not exist anymore.

We hear the stories about Peter and John, and all the heroes of the New Testament, and they're unstoppable Christians - fearless and bold. And sometimes we wrongly assume that they just got that way. That Christ died for their sins, and bam! They're instantly changed! On the contrary, the disciples were actually quite cowardly in their actions after the Resurrection.

This book provides a fresh approach to the Lenten season and can be used as a devotional or study for both individuals and groups. Once you’ve learned about the characters of Easter, meet those who witnessed the birth of Christ in the companion title The Characters of Christmas.

Have you ever tried to imagine what it was really like for Mary? Do you think she automatically understood all that was happening? Can you use your imagination to fill in parts of her story that the Bible has not recorded? The author has attempted to do just that. Not to be authoritative about what Mary was thinking, but to stimulate your imagination and allow the lives of Mary and Joseph to become more real in your own awareness of what it might have been like for them.

Set a Fire is our Blessed is She reflection book for your Lenten journey this year. We believe every woman can fully live her life when she’s guided by the Holy Spirit. Give this book as a gift to help encourage the woman in your life to go deeper into Lent this year.

Music has always been central to celebrating the coming of Christ into the world. With Hosanna in Excelsis you can experience the hymns of the season like never before. This devotional couples the lyrics and score of a new hymn daily with a devotional message about the hymn’s biblical and spiritual truths. You’ll find hymns of advent like “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” that anticipate the coming of Christ, hymns of Nativity like “O Little Town of Bethlehem” that celebrate His birth, and more.

Henry van Dyke was a member of the clergy; this story reads like a sermon for good reason. Its full title is "A Short Christmas Sermon: Keeping Christmas". Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, this lovely piece reminds us what Christianity is about.

Über 20 Weihnachtsgeschichten zusammen mit dem biblischen Text aus Lukas 2. Mal humorvoll-heiter, mal besinnlich und nachdenklich erzählen sie vom Fest der Hoffnung, dass Jesus Mensch wurde, um uns zu retten. Lassen Sie sich mit hineinnehmen in das Geschehen der Heiligen Nacht und spüren Sie dem Wunder aller Wunder nach.

Heart of Christmas is a collection of true Christmas stories that will warm your heart and help you remember what Christmas is all about.

Lent is about more than going to church on weekdays and giving up chocolate or social media. It’s also a time to form one’s heart and mind through study and prayer. In Where the Eye Alights, Marilyn McEntyre offers 40 short meditations, based on excerpts from Scripture and poetry, that guide listeners on a devotional journey from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday. As in lectio divina - the spiritual practice of reading Scripture repetitively and meditatively - McEntyre invites us to notice words that may give us pause and summon us to reflection.

A 25 day Advent devotional for rest, worship, and reflection. Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year and sometimes we just need permission to rest and remember what the season is all about. With this fresh perspective of classic hymns, familiar Bible passages, and the story of Christmas, you'll have an opportunity to do exactly that. Each day will begin with a reflection on a familiar Christmas carol or hymn as we discover the untold story and study the Scriptural inspiration for each beloved song.

What do you want for Christmas? We all hear this question everywhere, but author Scott Rankin invites us all to slow down for a moment and ask a different question. What does God want for Christmas? Our Lord desires that we become more Christ-like every day (1 Corinthians 11:1). To accomplish this goal, he tells us to renew our minds (Romans 12:2). But how do the Christmas holidays help accomplish this goal if so much busyness and stress make it hard to focus all our attention on Christ and completely rest in his peace? I

The Bible teaches us the real story of Christmas. The problem is people have taken this story and added onto it. Cultures have added on to it. It’s passed through countries, and they’ve tacked on their little spin. We have thousands of years of a Christmas that is built around legends and myths. The Christmas we know is, in places, more a fairy-tale. It’s an inspiring one for sure. But a fairy-tale, nonetheless. This book helps us slow down and unpack the layers so we can see just how beautiful this gift really is.

You can travel back through time to the Christmas season during the Victorian era with Charles Dickens’ cast of characters in the Charles Dickens Complete Christmas Collection. It includes A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, and Dickens' original biography The Life of Dickens.

There's nothin' like a story of love, giving and happiness for Christmas.

The double-crosser clipped me and transferred guns! A murdering thief slips into Budd's store looking for food and cash. He doesn't have long; the sheriff's only minutes behind. He's Budd's son.

Do you want to have a better life? Do you want a closer relationship with God? Haven’t so may of us lost so much from COVID-19 that you want these things in your life? You see the uniqueness of my book, The True Story of the Attempted Murder of Jesus Christ, as seen on the Hillsong Channel, is that the apostle Paul, whose writings are in the Bible, knows the same truth that I expose in the book. A truth that God has graced me with knowing from the Bible. A truth that no man has ever written about until me, well except for Paul.

The year begins with the season of Advent, when we think of the first coming of Jesus into the world and the way in which it was prepared for his coming. Then follows Christmas, the well-known and popular festival when we remember the Saviour’s birth to a Jewish lady, Mary. This is followed by the Epiphany, when the Lord was first shown to the non-Jewish people, the Gentiles. Quite a significant event for those not of the Jewish faith. It is the first recorded time that the Lord was shown to non-Jewish people (Gentiles), reminding us that he came for everyone.

In this delightful sleigh ride through Christmas history, Paul Kerensa answers the festive questions you never thought to ask.... Did Cromwell help shape the mince pie? Was St Nicholas the first to use an automatic door? Which classic Christmas crooners were inspired by a Hollywood heatwave? And did King Herod really have a wife called Doris? Whether you mull on wine or enjoy the biggest turkey, the biggest tree, or the biggest credit card bill, unwrap your story through our twelve dates of Christmas past.