"Icicle Falls is the place to be at Christmas... Everyone's getting ready for Christmas in Icicle Falls, especially on Candy Cane Lane, where holiday decorating is taken very seriously. Tilda Morrison, town cop, is looking forward to celebrating Christmas in her first house...until she discovers that she's expected to 'keep up' with the neighbors, including Maddy Donaldson, the inspiration behind the whole extravaganza. But this year, someone's destroying...

"Holly Winters owns the jolliest holiday shop on Main Street and this season is shaping up to be the best yet. The only pit in her figgy pudding? Declan Gallagher, the owner of the hardware store next door. He's the scroogiest man in all of Mistletoe, Idaho. Then Holly's revenge prank escalates into an all-out war with her Grinchy neighbor, and the situation turns sticky when she realizes she needs his help. Declan can't believe the nerve of his oh-so-cheerful...

Since Llama Llama and Mama Llama are just about done with getting ready for the holidays, Llama decides to help his friends with their holiday preparations, including hanging wreaths, decorating trees, and baking cookies.

"When Muriel Sterling released her new book, A Guide to Happy Holidays, she felt like the queen of Christmas. She's thrilled when the new tree she ordered online arrives and is eager to show it off--until she gets it out of the box and realizes it's a mangy dud. But rather than give up on the ugly tree, Muriel decides to make a project out of it. As she pretties up her tree, she realizes there's a lesson to be learned: everything and everyone has...

Follow Winston the mouse as he sets out to deliver Oliver's letter to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. He has a lot of very exciting adventures on this very important mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Like an advent calendar counting down to Christmas, each day also features festive things to make and do-- you can write a letter to Santa Claus, bake goodies, make Christmas cards, presents and decorations. It is a heart-warming tale...

Retired Episcopalian priest Father Tim, a man who has never really worked with his hands, receives a true Christmas blessing when he decides to purchase and restore an antique plaster creche as a surprise for his wife.

It's Christmas Eve and the mice at the North Pole are planning a special surprise for Santa.

"Join an excited little girl as she heads to a Christmas tree farm with her parents and dog. Some trees are crooked. Some are too big. Will the family find a tree that's just right for them? Other holiday traditions, such as admiring houses decorated with loads of Christmas lights, and drinking hot cocoa while hanging ornaments on the tree, are also mentioned" --publisher's website.

"I haven't been back to Sweetwater, Texas, in years but somehow, here I am--back where it all started. I'm still trying to figure out how. And of course, I don't even make it out of the airport before I run into my ex--the entire reason why I left Sweetwater in the first place. Horse wrangler Roarke Frost's shoulders are just as broad as I remember, that crooked smile of his still in place, and my heart is melting like chocolate in the sizzling Texas...

Having an evergreen tree inside the house and choosing the ornaments to decorate it helps get the family into the magic mood of Christmas.