Don't be a Scrooge--get in the holiday spirit with The Best of Christmas, a collection of classic books, poems and stories all centering around the most magical day of the year. Here you will find familiar favorites like A Christmas Carol and "Twas the Night Before Christmas," as well as holiday works by authors as diverse as L. Frank Baum, Lucy Maud Montgomery , Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, and even Harriet Beecher Stowe. Ranging in length, style, and subject, these works provide a well-rounded Christmas feast, and a host of supplementals you're sure to enjoy.

Included in The Best of Christmas are:

• The complete text of thirty holiday classics, each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Nook reader.
• Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the stories and poems in this collection.
• An individual, active Table of Contents for each book accessible from the your device's "go to" feature.
• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Text-to-Speech features.
• A low, can't-say-no price!

30 Tales & Poems of Holiday Cheer!

Two poems and twenty-eight short stories and novellas, all centering around Christmas. Works included:

Poems:
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas* with the classic illustrations by F.O.C. Darley!
• 'Twas the Night After Christmas

Dicken's Christmas Novellas:
• A Christmas Carol* with original illustrations by John Leech!
• The Chimes
• The Cricket on the Hearth
• The Battle of Life
• The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Short Stories and Novellas:
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
• Old Christmas by Washington Irving
• The Elves and the Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm
• A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
• The First Christmas Tree by Henry Van Dyke
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov
• Christmas Cuckoo by Frances Browne
• The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather
• The Story of the Other Wise Men by Henry Van Dyke
• What Christmas Is as We Grow Older by Charles Dickens
• Christmas, or The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page
• The Christmas Wreck by Frank R. Stockton
• The Christmas Angel by Henry Van Dyke
• Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe by Elizabeth Harrison
• A Christmas Inspiration by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• A Christmas Mistake by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

Additional Bonus Features

Also included are special features for any elf or snowmaiden, including:

• A Christmas Viewing Guide: a recommended viewing list of theatrical and television movies to get you in the mood for Christmas, including family favorites, classic Hollywood films, and stop-motion TV specials.
• The History of Christmas: a fascinating look into the origins of the holiday, and how it evolved through the ages to become the holiday we know and love.
• Christmas Around the World: a look at the variety of Christmas traditions around the globe, from making Christmas reservations at KFC in Japan, to leaving a bowl porridge to appease invisible house gnomes in Sweden.
• Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the books in this collection.