{"id":329,"date":"2019-04-30T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:01:39","slug":"kristys-christmas-surprise-by-olive-thorne-miller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/kristys-christmas-surprise-by-olive-thorne-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristy’s Christmas Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristy’s Christmas Surprise<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Olive Thorne Miller<\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span>When illness keeps Kristy at Grandma’s for Christmas, she comes up with a most ingenious way to keep the holiday. She invites neighbors and relatives to a Christmas Eve gathering, announcing only after they arrive that they are all to tell a story of the oddest, most miserable, or most agreeable Christmas they ever spent. There follow 14 heartwarming tales that will call forth tears, dismay, laughter, and surprise. A fine collection of stories for family reading that embody the true spirit of Christmas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>7-10<\/em>Length:  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>176 pages<\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span>  <\/span><\/strong>None<\/span><\/em>Year Published: <\/span><\/strong> 2021<\/span><\/em>ISBN:  <\/span><\/strong>978-1-63334-025-16<\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Holiday, Christmas Stories<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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1. How It Happened 2. Christmas on the Prairie 3. A Droll Santa Claus 4. How a Bear Brought Christmas 5. Christmas under the Snow 6. Carol’s Good Will 7. Out of an Ash-Barrel 8. How a Toboggan Brought Fortune <\/em><\/p>\n

9. The Telltale Tile 10. The Birds’ Christmas Tree 11. How the Horse Told 12. The Cat’s Charm 13. May’s Happy Thought 14. The Magic Figure 15. Christmas in the Alley<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kristy’s Christmas Surprise by Olive Thorne Miller Look inside… Description: When illness keeps Kristy at Grandma’s for Christmas, she comes up with a most ingenious way to keep the holiday. She invites neighbors and relatives to a Christmas Eve gathering, announcing only after they arrive that they are all to tell a story of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"

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Kristy's Christmas Surprise<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

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Description: <\/span>When illness keeps Kristy at Grandma's for Christmas, she comes up with a most ingenious way to keep the holiday. She invites neighbors and relatives to a Christmas Eve gathering, announcing only after they arrive that they are all to tell a story of the oddest, most miserable, or most agreeable Christmas they ever spent. There follow 14 heartwarming tales that will call forth tears, dismay, laughter, and surprise. A fine collection of stories for family reading that embody the true spirit of Christmas.   <\/span> <\/span>$1.99<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

          1.  How It Happened<\/em><\/p>

          2.  Christmas on the Prairie<\/em><\/p>

          3.  A Droll Santa Claus<\/em><\/p>

          4.  How a Bear Brought Christmas<\/em><\/p>

          5.  Christmas under the Snow<\/em><\/p>

          6.  Carol's Good Will<\/em><\/p>

          7.  Out of an Ash-Barrel<\/em><\/p>

          8.  How a Toboggan Brought Fortune<\/em><\/p>

          9.  The Telltale Tile<\/em><\/p>

        10.  The Birds' Christmas Tree<\/em><\/p>

        11.  How the Horse Told<\/em><\/p>

        12.  The Cat's Charm<\/em><\/p>

        13.  May's Happy Thought<\/em><\/p>

        14.  The Magic Figure<\/em><\/p>

        15.  Christmas in the Alley<\/em><\/p><\/div>

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