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The Festive Christmas Cookbook is more than a compilation of scrumptious holiday recipes–it’s a celebration of holiday memories and traditions from throughout the world. The book will leave you feeling warm and tingly with its charming stories of family Christmases and traditions. Fabulous recipes for cakes, breads, scones, and cookies make this a fun, festive treat.

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Beautiful sketches accent this charming celebration of the many holday traditions, family rituals and baking recipes of Christmases past. A lovely combination of fond memories and delicious baked goods.

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In a plot reminiscent of Penelope Stokes’s The Blue Bottle Club and Angela Hunt’s The Note, a journalist happens upon a human interest story that winds up teaching her lessons about love and forgiveness and renewing her own faith in human kindness. On Christmas Eve, twenty-something Hope Jensen is quietly grieving the recent loss of her adoptive mother when her apartment is robbed. The one bright spot in the midst of Hope’s despair is a small jar full of money someone has anonymously left on her doorstep. Eager to learn the source of this unexpected generosity, Hope uses her newswoman instincts to find other recipients of “Christmas jars,” digging until her search leads her to the family who first began the tradition of saving a year’s worth of spare change to give to someone in need at the holiday. Wright commits some rookie mistakes in style and pacing; the novel veers heavily toward melodrama at some junctures, and he tends to show us and tell us about his characters. Still, the heart of this novella is its transformative message about the power of giving, a compelling theme that calls to mind books like Pay It Forward and The Kingdom Assignment.
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“Beautifully written. I believe the Christmas Jars tradition will change lives.” —Richard Paul Evans, New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and Finding Noel

“Just like It’s a Wonderful Life, Christmas Jars is American storytelling at its best. Jason Wright has written the next Christmas classic.” —Glenn Beck, nationally syndicated radio host and host of CNN’s “Glenn Beck” show

“This inspirational Christmas novella will engage readers’ hearts.” —Publishers Weekly

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Over 100 brand-new recipes offer options galore for casual gatherings with menus for a Holiday Open House, a Family Celebration, an Elf Party for the kids, and a Cozy Christmas Eve Dinner for two. Top Chicken & Turkey recipes provide new choices for the classic holiday entrée; Choosing Sides rounds out the meal with veggie dishes that feature a fresh twist on traditional fare. Cake Mix Magic shares the secret to preparing easy desserts with eight designed-to-impress cakes that start with a mix.

Big Fat Cookies will wow friends, family, and everyone on the gift list with 10 filled, frosted, and seriously oversized treats that bring out the child in everyone. Add to that 15 more recipes for sweet gifts from the kitchen and six pages of do-it-yourself gifts, and suddenly gift shopping becomes fun, not frantic.

Big, colorful photos inspire charming Christmas accents for every room in the house. Whether it’s a garden-themed front porch setting or a simple sideboard arrangement, this book’s updated decorating approach is easy, inexpensive, and fun. From a make-it-in-minutes table runner to centerpiece containers made from tin cans, the results are amazingly appealing.



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For over 40 years, Southern Living magazine has delivered definitive Southern cuisine to its readers, making it one of the most trusted recipe sources in the country that reaches over 16 million readers monthly. With the magazine’s “Home for the Holidays” special section each November, the “Christmas All through the House” bonus section each December, and heavy holiday emphasis throughout the main magazine, Southern Living has come to be known as a Christmas expert.

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Who doesn’t dream of a more relaxed, less frantic Christmas season? Everyone wants to avoid last-minute preparations, a sense of rush and flurried planning. For all of the holiday-challenged, there is a better way. Good Housekeeping Christmas Joys offers not only delicious recipes and beautiful decorating and craft ideas but also strategies for a relaxing holiday — with time to enjoy the season. There are presentation ideas to make a home especially inviting: a spice tree, an acorn wreath, cinnamon candles, hand-painted angels. And the recipes are mouthwatering: smoked salmon boats, Christmas quesadillas, the perfect roast turkey, and, of course, lots of Christmas cookie recipes.

Along with great recipes and decorations that will make any home look great for the holidays, Good Housekeeping Christmas Joys includes practical tips for holiday safety — caring for the Christmas tree, safe ways to use candles in the home, and how to check electrical outlets.

Christmas should be a joy — and with this book, it will be!

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‘If you would like to set about making your own (untroubled) Christmas memories, the eminently collectible Christmas Sweets is a good place to start. This delectable keepsake from Chronicle Books contains recipes, decorations, and gift ideas concocted by Georgeanne Brennan, photographed by Richard G. Jung, and artfully brought together by Jennifer Barry. Ms. Brennan’s recipes inject reality into the fantasy of the season.’The New York Times, Dec. 16, 2007

‘Ms. Brennan’s recipes inject reality into the fantasy of the season. ‘Many people do not like the bright red, green and yellow candied or glaceed fruits found in fruitcake,’ she wrote. Her updated recipe for Bite-Sized Dark Rum Fruitcakes replaces the citron with dried apricots, dates, currants and raisins: problem solved.’&mdashThe New York Times, December 16, 2008

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Christmas Sweets transforms the holiday table into a winter wonderland! From boxes of homemade candy brimming with Chocolate Fudge or Almond-Butter Toffee to cookie jars filled with Pecan Lace Cookies or Apricot-Pistachio Bars, this collection of recipes and decorations will make gift-giving extra sweet this year. Beautifully illustrated with gorgeous color photography, each festive project celebrates the season and offers inspiring craft ideas using sweets both homemade and store bought. Holiday guests will delight in stealing a treat from a Candy Wreath and getting caught under the Candy Acorn Kissing Ball. With homemade gingerbread confections presented in a spectacular, wintry Gingerbread Cookie Box, Santa will never settle for cookies again.

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Christmas is almost here! Little Bear can smell it—and so can you! The air is filled with the aroma of gingerbread cookies, minty candy canes, the piney Christmas tree, and yummy hot apple pie. Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Golden storybook which includes six scratch-and-sniff scents.

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Christmas is almost here! Little Bear can smell itÑand so can you! The air is filled with the aroma of gingerbread cookies, minty candy canes, the piney Christmas tree, and yummy hot apple pie. Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Golden storybook which includes six scratch-and-sniff scents.

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“Tis the season for holiday cooking and festive foods. In Treasury of Christmas, you’ll find over 750 recipes dedicated to fine feasting and Christmas cheer, all from your favorite brand name companies.

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Recreate old-fashioned Christmas memories with foods from around the world. Readers and their families will enjoy making and tasting recipes first featured in The Christmas Annual.

The Family Christmas Cookbook contains not only interesting stories about each recipe, but also ideas for how to include children in preparing them and extra pages for adding family recipes or traditions. While bringing generations together, families can brighten the holidays with delicacies ranging from English Plum Pudding, Norwegian Sandbakkels, and Swedish Lucia Buns to Mexican Bunnuelos, Brazilian Lace Wafers, and African Kanya, all featuring updated recipes.

Published by Augsburg Fortress from 1931 to 1997, The Christmas Annual was a holiday favorite for thousands of readers. This year, start a new tradition with loved ones of all ages with The Family Christmas Cookbook.

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Christmas is a wonderful, magical time of the year. Involving the whole family, especially children, in traditions past or creating new ones increases the special warmth felt during this season. The Family Christmas Cookbook brings the holiday spirit to your home. It not only offers recipes for tasty treats from around the world, but also stories and poems to celebrate the rich variety of Christmas traditions worldwide. While you bake German honig kuchen, a spiced cookie, you can read about tree decorating rituals. As you knead your vörtlimpor, a dark rye bread, you will learn about the Swedish custom of Dipping Day, which originated during a famine when people survived on only bread and broth. Along with introducing you to Christmas foods and traditions from around the world, this cookbook provides helpful hints to involve children in food preparations. It also includes a special section to record your own family?s favorite recipes and traditions. Welcome Christmas in with foods and stories from The Family Christmas Cookbook!

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