A story from an author's childhood of lovingly making fruitcakes from scratch at Christmas-time with his elderly cousin, and has stood the test of time to become known as an American holiday classic.
Presents a variation of the classic Christmas tale as the dinosaur fossils in the museum come to life, sing, and dance; and includes a CD with dinosaur Christmas music and story.
The widow McDowell and her seven-year-old son Thomas ask the gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve the figures for a Christmas creche.