DescriptionAt Christmas time department stores overflow with color and festivity, their halls bedecked with the trimmings of the season. In these 7 charming, memorable, and even magical Christmas tales retiree Tom Cavanaugh wanders the aisles of just such a store. Tom has made a tradition out of observing the marvels the Christmas spirit brings to each department and the people in them, from a jolly old maintenance man to testy last-minute shoppers to an exhausted salesclerk. Narrated by accomplished performers Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Linda Purl, Mason Adams, Cathy Moriarty, Jamie Farr, and Melissa Manchester, this collection of interwoven stories evokes the celebratory mood of this joyous season.
DescriptionI don't make merry myself at Christmas, and I can't afford to make idle people merry, grumbles the patron saint of misers, Ebenezer Scrooge. Curmudgeonly Scrooge thinks Christmas is "humbug" with only one purpose - to cheat honest employers like himself out of a day's labor from his workers. But one life-changing night he receives a ghostly visitation from his former partner, Jacob Marley. Marley arranges for 3 spirits to visit him - Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. Their mission is to warn Scrooge of the errors of his ways and the consequences of hard-heartedness and greed. Experience the whole unabridged story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and all the other well-known characters in this timeless classic that captures the true essence of Christmas.
DescriptionA Christmas Carol is the best-known and best-loved of Dickens' Christmas books, and the story of the miser Scrooge's redemption has become as much part of the Christmas tradition as plum pudding and carols themselves. Will Tiny Tim live to see another Christmas? Can Scrooge recover his humanity and learn to love the fellow men he seems to despise? Dickens will make you laugh and make you cry as you follow Scrooge's supernatural adventures on Christmas Eve.
DescriptionIn "The Holly Tree, " the narrator is an old man who tells his Christmas story, which is that he came close to forsaking his bride. The tragedy was prevented by a providential snowstorm which confined him to an inn and delayed his departure. "The Chimes" celebrates New Year's Eve rather than Christmas, reminding the listener that there is always something for which to be grateful. These 2 festive stories form a trilogy along with Dicken's holiday classic, A Christmas Carol .
DescriptionWhen Elfrida Phipps abandons London for a quaint country village, she settles in quickly. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace, and the friendship of good neighbors, Oscar, Gloria and their little girl. Perhaps, at last, she can exorcise the pain of the past and find peace. But it is not to be. Tragedy upsets Elfrida's newfound tranquility and she takes refuge in a rambling house in the north of Scotland called Corrydale. Almost like a magnet, Corrydale attracts various waifs and strays, each of them escaping difficult personal pasts. As the holidays approach and the weather turns foul, it seems a perfect recipe for disaster. But somehow the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-suited parts, and as the solstice passes and Christmas approaches, the healing power of love on even the most troubled human spirit begins to work its magic.
