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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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 394.2663 CHRSummary: 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 Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 CHRCummings, 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 Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE CUMCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE CUMSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2010
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3 available in Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: DVD FAMILY RUDCall number: DVD JUV RUD
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV RUDHildreth, Jody
Summary: Christmas is a special time--especially for the Oakenfield family! Their special traditions include choosing and decorating a Christmas tree. This book follows the family on Christmas Eve as they deal will slips, spills, and a troublemaking cat while trying to make their home festive for the holidays. Juniors wish comes true when he finds his Christmas present under the tree the next morning....
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Publisher / Publication Date: WindmilI Books 2024
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Summary: Tiny Cactus loves Christmas! But she doesn't love that her little girl seems to be spending more time with the giant sparkly tree in the living room than with her. Maybe if she were decorated like the Christmas tree, her little girl would notice her again. And so Tiny Cactus makes a wish--to be special, to be noticed, to be a part of the magic of Christmas. With the support of her friend and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: "In this holiday alphabet rhyme, the crew of beloved Chicka Chicka letters get their chance to shine as decorations on the Christmas tree"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2024
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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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Summary: "A group of Christmas tree ornaments plan a great escape to the North Pole but run into a cat-shaped problem"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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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 HORMaclaine, James
Summary: "Packed with simple craft and cooking activities with a Christmassy theme, using things you'll easily find to hand about the house. Make everything from garlands and gift tags to reindeer snacks and wrapping paper."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2021
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Summary: Big Shark and Little Shark find a Christmas tree and set out to decorate it with underwater ornaments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House
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Summary: Merry, a small owl, yearns to go on a big adventure like the other birds in the forest and gets her wish when Hark, a Norway spruce, is picked to be the Rockefeller Christmas tree and both Merry and Hark are whisked away from their home. Based on the real-life tale of the tiny owl found in the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: '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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Contents: Cantique de Noël (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà Signore / Stradella (8:23) -- Panis angelicus / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido (Parola quinta) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) --Mille cherubini in coro / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) --Agnus Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: London 1984
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1 available in Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: CD HOL PAVSinatra, Frank
Contents: I've got my love to keep me warm / Dean Martin -- Mistletoe and holly / Frank Sinatra -- Christmas time all over the world / Sammy Davis, Jr.-- First Noel / Frank Sinatra -- Baby, it's cold outside / Dean Martin -- I believe / Frank Sinatra -- Silver bells / Dean Martin -- Christmas song / Sammy Davis, Jr.-- Hark! The herald angels sing / Frank Sinatra -- Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer / Dean...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 2004
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2 available in Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: CD HOL 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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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family ChristmasChipmunks (Musical group)
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 Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: CD HOL CHRSinatra, Frank.
Contents: The Christmas song -- Winter wonderland -- Jingle bells -- Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- O come all ye faithful -- Hark! the herald angels sing -- Christmas dreaming (a little early this year) -- It came upon a midnight clear -- Boys and girls like you and me -- Homesick, that's all -- I've got my love to keep me warm -- Mistletoe & holly --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Direct Source Special Products, Inc.
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Christmas spirit. Home for the holidays (Perry Como) -- White Christmas (Bing Crosby) -- Jingle bells (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Do you hear what I hear? (Andy Williams) -- Carol of the bells ; Deck the halls (Robert Shaw Chorale) -- I heard the bells on Christmas day (Harry Belafonte) -- Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley) -- My favorite things (Eddie Fisher) -- Joy to the world (Julie Andrews) -- Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music/BMG
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "For the first time, this beloved holiday story is told based on George Balanchine's quintessential production. The storyline mimics the choreography of the famous ballet and the illustrations are inspired by the backdrops and scenery from the actual New York City Ballet production"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon
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Summary: Christmas is an especially exciting season in aptly named Noel, North Carolina, host of the annual 12 Competitions of Christmas, not to mention one of the largest producers of Christmas trees in the country--and it's not a bad place for a newcomer to put down roots either.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024