A famous American author of children's books presents fifteen Christmas memories, spanning six decades, that detail the path his life has taken.

Commemorate the holidays and special occasions with beautiful stitched designs, including framed pieces, decorated wreaths, accent pillows, table linens, and more. You'll love the stunning, vintage-like designs that fill this colorful cross stitch book.

A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.

A magnificent cross stitch tribute to the elegant art of the Victorian Era. This a breathtaking collection of designs featuring exquisite flowers, cherubic children, and fanciful fairies. Projects include framed pieces, pillows, wreaths, and more.

"A Christmas cross stitch book." Illustrated with color photos, reproductions, and patterns. Includes literary excerpts. Emphasis on Victorian design.

Ben Logan won the hearts of readers the world over with his 1975 memoir, The Land Remembers. He returns to the farmland of his youth in Christmas Remembered, a loving tribute to holiday rituals and the people who make them happen: people like his mother, who was married on Christmas Day, and people like his wife, who brought her own traditions from the mountains of Mexico. “Rituals do not persist simply because they may possess a magical power from outside us,” Logan tells us. “They live because they touch something inside us that is wanting and waiting to come out and express itself.” With a new foreword by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Christmas Remembered will make you laugh and cry—and grow nostalgic for your own holiday seasons past.

Images from Victorian postcards, lithographs, and ornamental scraps are used to create counted cross-stitch tree ornaments.

Create magnificent framed portraits, lovely afghans, pillows, stockings, and ornaments with this all-new collection of treasured Santa designs. More than 40 unique designs have been meticulously adapted to beautiful full-color cross-stitch charts.

The decorations, the food, the gifts, and most of all the times spent with loved ones--these are the special times and sentiments shared in Celebrating Christmas. The eighth book in the Celebrating gift book series reminds us all to slow down and enjoy the moments that make the holiday so special. Including contributions from customers and employees of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Celebrations.com, the beautifully illustrated book is filled with tender family moments, laugh-out-loud stories, and ruminations on the meaning of the season. Celebrating Christmas will strike a universal chord among those who cherish the specialness of the holiday. Entries include: * I love parties, but even more, I love getting ready for parties. To deck my house for Christmas means that soon it will be filled with family and friends. It means that soon it will be filled with love." --Candace G. * The best yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. --Anonymous * "Over the years, my children have questioned whether Santa Claus is real, and each time they doubt, I remind them, 'If you don't believe, you don't receive.'" --Judy M. Additionally, Celebrating Christmas opens with a short introduction by 1-800-FLOWERS.COM president Jim McCann about his own memories of Christmas. This intimate account sets the tone for the book and creates a personal bond between McCann and his readers.

A very large cat may be the key to saving Christmas in this wryly humorous retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale The Cat on the Dovrefjell. When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells—a mountain covered in snow and ice—in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and asks if he can stay the night. Halvor warns that every year on Christmas Eve, trolls come down from the mountains to take over his home, but the man and his polar bear think they may just be able to help...