Fables From Christmas

Snow on the windows, candles on the table, and a whole world of stories waiting to be unwrapped. Inside this collection you will find nativity nights and flickering church chimes, kindly saints and restless goblins, frontier cabins buried in snow and city alleys lit by one brave candle. From royal palaces and lonely barns to scarecrows in frozen fields and mice beneath the tree, each tale catches a different glimmer of the season and lets it glow a little brighter. These pages gather beloved classics and half-forgotten gems from Christmases long ago. Some stories are soft and reverent, following shepherds, saints, and legends of the first tree, while others are full of mischief and laughter, with masquerades gone wrong, odd visitors at the door, and Santa himself getting surprised for once. Woven throughout are simple acts of courage and kindness, the sort that change a single night and sometimes a whole life. Whether you read alone by the fire or aloud to a roomful of sleepy listeners, this book is meant to become part of your own holiday ritual. You can visit a different corner of Christmas each evening: a poor traveler finding shelter, a little girl rescuing the baby in the manger scene, a ranch hand keeping the day on a lonely range, an old man discovering joy when he thought it was too late. Year after year, these tales invite you back to the same truth in a hundred disguises, that the real gift of the season is how it opens our hearts to each other.