Seasonal Pursuits

A Christmas Beginning

A Christmas Beginning is a brand-new holiday mystery from Anne Perry , this time featuring London policeman Runcorn who travels to a lonely Welsh island for Christmas only to find murder. $17.95

The Great American Christmas Book

Start up some new holiday traditions with The Great American Christmas Book, a fascinating compendium of everything wintertime from customs to colloquialisms, from snowy games to homemade gifts. $17.95

Blue Christmas

Mary Kay Andrews’ Blue Christmas is back in a revised version that includes an essay by the author, holiday tips and new recipes. A top-notch Christmas tale with Andrews’ favorite character, antiques dealer Weezie Foley. $14.95

Home to Holly Springs

Having wrapped up the Mitford series, Jan Karon enchants readers Home to Holly Springs, a tale of the newly retired Father Tim's spur-of-the-moment trip to his birthplace, Holly Springs, Mississippi, in response to a mysterious, unsigned note saying simply: “Come home.” $26.95

Also available, The Mitford Bedside Companion, $16

The Christmas Pearl

The Christmas Pearl is a heart-warming, magical Christmas story full of Dorothea Benton Frank’s signature warmth, humor, and Southern charm. $14.95

Christmas Carol Mad Libs

What would happen if you matched up favorite holiday songs with America’s favorite fill-in-the-blanks fun? You’d get Christmas Carol Mad Libs and soon enough you’ll be burping through the cat litter on a one cow tricycle yourself. $3.99

Christmas Lights

In Christmas Lights, Christine Naman evokes warmth and tenderness in twelve stories set during the holiday season and centered on the lives of ordinary women. $14.95

Snowman Poop

The perfect little gift for young or old: Snowman Poop combines hot chocolate mix, mini-marshmallows and chocolate-dipped spoon for stirring and licking. $4.95

Snowcone Double Truffle Hot Chocolate for Two

Share the warmth of extra-special cocoa mix, gooey semi-sweet chocolate chunks & melty little marshmallows. Everything you need for a quiet moment during the holidays with our Snow Cone Double Truffle Hot Chocolate for Two. $5.95

On Strike for Christmas

The members of a knitting group goes on strike with humorous results in Sheila Roberts’ On Strike for Christmas. Feeling that their families don’t appreciate what they do for the holidays they decide to let them deal with the presents, parties, decorations and all the rest. $13.95

A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory combines three of Truman Capote’s best-loved short stores: “A Christmas Memory”, “One Christmas” and A “Thanksgiving Memory” in a single beautiful hardcover edition. $15.95

Christmas Stories

Christmas Stories is a delightful treasury of holiday tales edited by Diana Secker Tesdell that brings together Dickens, Chekhov, Updike, Cather, Capote and a host of others in a small hardcover format that would make a wonderful gift. $15

The New Year’s Quilt

Any quilter on your list would certainly appreciate the latest in Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek series, The New Year’s Quilt--an inspiring tale of facing past sorrows and embracing future happiness. $19.95