Ruby Sisson Library

"When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success, and set a precedent that was to be followed by other Christmas books, including The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket (1845). Each book was published at the same time of year, in the same format, and extolled similar values about the virtues of love, charity and the family unit. But none would achieve the cult status of A Christmas Carol, a book so popular it has become part...

The only way the Doctor can rescue Amy and Rory from a crashing space liner is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Lucy normally loves planning for the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times. with so many residents struggling to make ends meet, Christmas festivities are a luxury some can't afford. But the story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners...

Includes: A Christmas Carol, in Prose; The Chimes and the Cricket on the Hearth

Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.

On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts who try to convince him to change his life.

In this classic story, Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas after being visited by three ghosts.

At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can't tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner's ghost and three cautionary specters from the past, present and future force the man to soul-search

Transported by her Elven grandmother to a very changed North Pole, Christmas Carol, a Defender of Claus, travels back in time to when Santa was just getting started to protect him and return the magic of Christmas to the present day North Pole.