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Deck the Halls, We’re Off the Walls
By Dan Gutman
It’s Christmas, and Santa Claus is coming to town. Or at least to the local mall. But what happens when kid rapper Cray-Z gives a Christmas concert at the same mall and all his fans go bananas? One thing's for sure: if A.J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School want to save the day, they will need a Christmas miracle.
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Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein
By Amanda Peet
Rachel Rosenstein is determined to celebrate Christmas this year – and the fact that her family is Jewish is not going to stop her. In a series of hilarious and heartwarming mishaps, Rachel writes a letter to Santa explaining her cause, pays him a visit at the mall and covertly decorates her house on Christmas Eve (right down to latkes for Santa and his reindeer). And while Rachel may wrestle with her culture, customs and love of sparkly Christmas ornaments, she also comes away with a brighter understanding of her own identity and of the gift of friends and family.
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Shiloh’s Christmas
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Christmas is coming, and Marty and his rescued pup Shiloh are sure glad about that, because their town is sure low on love and understanding. They hope that the joy of the holiday will bring with it the generosity of spirit that’s so lacking.
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The Animals’ Santa
By Jan Brett
Little Snow wants to know all about Santa, who brings presents for everyone but has never been seen by his fellow animals. The spunky young rabbit wonders what kind of an animal Santa is, and is astonished by the arrival of a magnificent snowy owl in a red cap.
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Oskar and the Eight Blessings
By Richard Simon
A young refugee from Nazi Germany walks the length of Manhattan with a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met on a wintry night in 1938 that is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve. He receives eight small acts of kindness along the course of his journey.