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

Christmas has arrived with so many rules to follow that David fears his mistakes will cause Santa to pass him by.

In the middle of all the activity on Christmas Eve, Spot the dog helps two reindeer find Santa's lost sleigh, and they take him on a special ride.

With the help of a new young reindeer and an old red-nosed one, Santa brings presents to the children of Kansas.

When Kitty wants to write a letter with her Christmas wish, she is not so sure that she has been good this year and wonders if that will affect whether Santa gives her what she is asking for.

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...

"It's the night before Christmas but Andy and Terry aren't ready yet! They haven't written their letters to Santa, they haven't sung any carols or hung their stockings, and now Mr. Big Nose wants their next book done by tomorrow. When Santa Claus's sleigh crash-lands in the treehouse, the reindeer become tangled in the branches and Santa falls into the cloning machine. With dozens of Santas running around and no way to tell which one's the real one,...