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Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

When Santa falls ill and Christmas may have to be canceled, Pete the cat comes to the rescue.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

As Farmer Brown prepares the house for Christmas, Duck tries to play Santa--but he gets stuck in the chimney, along with all the other animals who try to help.

On Christmas Eve, Ollie and the other goslings anxiously await the arrival of Father Christmas Goose.

At Christmastime, Fletcher the fox and the other forest animals lay a trail of sticks to help Santa find the rabbits' new burrow.

Santa Claus has his own ways of knowing more about children and toys than anyone else in the world.

Some of the kids at school wonder if Mr. Jolly could be Santa Claus. He keeps the building cold as the North Pole and the school building magically clean. Can he make a miracle happen?

Dasher is an adventurous young reindeer with a wish in her heart. She spends her days with her family under the hot sun in a traveling circus, but she longs for a different life - one where there is snow beneath her hooves and the North Star above her head. One day, when the opportunity arises, Dasher seizes her destiny and takes off in pursuit of the life she wants to live. It's not long before she meets a nice man in a red suit with a horse-drawn...

When Chris expresses doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, his older sister Sophie reveals that their aunt is really Santa's sister and helper and then sends him on a strange journey.