An entertaining festive selection of stories about all aspects of the Christmas season. These include retellings of folk tales, Bible stories and legends from around the world. Many of these stories show how popular Christmas traditions came about and they include new stories by Bob Hartman. The book is arranged in three sections: Stories from the Bible; Stories of Christmas Traditions; and Christmas Tales and Legends. The contents page shows which country each story originates from. As always, the key criteria for the stories are enjoyment by children and suitability for reading aloud.