Christmas

Item #: UF3992
Price: $16.95
Ring in the holidays with these spirited recordings by musical groups from the ecumenical Church of the Transfiguration on Cape Cod. The young handbell players in Gloriae Dei Ringers present fourteen sparkling Christmas carols, including "What Child Is This?," "Away in a Manger," "Coventry Carol," and "In the Bleak Midwinter" on The Bells of Christmas (total running time 57:44). For Christmas in Brass, the Gabriel V Brass Ensemble has recorded fifteen exuberant Yuletide anthems, including "Joy to the World," "O Magnum Mysterium," "Sleigh Ride," and "Gloria" (total running time 56:59). Perfect music for holiday gatherings, both CDs are guaranteed to spread Christmas cheer.

Item #: VL8502
Price: $16.95
Ring in the holidays with these spirited recordings by musical groups from the ecumenical Church of the Transfiguration on Cape Cod. The young handbell players in Gloriae Dei Ringers present fourteen sparkling Christmas carols, including "What Child Is This?," "Away in a Manger," "Coventry Carol," and "In the Bleak Midwinter" on The Bells of Christmas (total running time 57:44). For Christmas in Brass, the Gabriel V Brass Ensemble has recorded fifteen exuberant Yuletide anthems, including "Joy to the World," "O Magnum Mysterium," "Sleigh Ride," and "Gloria" (total running time 56:59). Perfect music for holiday gatherings, both CDs are guaranteed to spread Christmas cheer.

Item #: UF6782
Price: $24.95
These lovely words from the 1863 poem Christmas Bells by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bring home the tranquil beauty of the season on our Longfellow Christmas Pillow. The pretty reds, greens, and browns of the cardinals, pine trees, and lettering look cozily Christmassy (the back of the 17"x17" polyester/cotton pillow is solid forest green, as is the piping). What a harmonious accent for your holiday home.

Item #: UE4062
Price: $24.90
An innovative and enchanting advent activity, our Countdown to Christmas Matchbox Advent Calendar is made up of twenty-four numbered ornament boxes to fill with small holiday treasures and hang on the Christmas tree. Children (or loved ones of any age!) open one matchbox a day to reveal the tiny gift inside--candy, toys, jewelry-any little present or keepsake. The 1½"x2"x3" red, green, and yellow boxes are nice and sturdy, so the set can be reused year after year. What an exciting new Christmas tradition!

Item #: UG1822
Price: $6.90
Featuring beautiful Christmas trees made of collages of musical manuscripts, printed excerpts, and handwritten snippets, these literary gift bags make elegant wrapping a breeze! Set includes three bags of different sizes--when open, 10"x12½"x5¼", 7"x9"x3½", and 4¼"x5½"x2½"--with green cord handles and pre-attached gift tags.

Item #: UE3962
Price: $11.00
Give wings to your holiday correspondence via this lovely mailing set. Inside the handsome tin box you'll find twenty-four flat cards (5¼"x4") graced with Christmas greetings and glitter-enhanced, vintage-style images of various avian species; twelve sheets of assorted matching stickers; creamy blank envelopes; three rubber stamps (a bird, a snowflake, and the words "Merry Christmas"); and a red ink pad. What a fun and easy way for both children and adults to create uniquely beautiful Christmas cards for family and friends!

Item #: UF5632
Price: $24.95
Featuring the above quotation from A Christmas Carol and a simple illustration of cardinals on berry-festooned branches, our festive and literary Dickens Christmas Doormat (18x30) warmly welcomes friends and family--Cratchits and Scrooges alike!--during the holiday season. Made of natural coconut fibers with skid-resistant PVC backing. (Imported.)

Item #: UD6012
Price: $9.71
Liven up a holiday gathering with a Christmas-themed game the whole family will enjoy! Our Christmas Bingo set contains ten game cards with cute little images of gingerbread men, reindeer, candy canes, wise men, etc. There's a spinner for the caller to use, and players mark their boards with little green plastic chips. Even the littlest revelers can join in the festivities! For two to ten players ages 4 and up.

Item #: UE4032
Price: $5.93
Through daily scriptures, prayers, carols, prompts for introspection, and creative activities, The Christmas Countdown encourages families to "prepare [their] hearts and homes" for the commemoration of Christ's birth. Making an Advent wreath, designing Christmas cards, baking gingerbread cookies, donating gifts to charity, drinking wassail punch, writing a family newsletter, and the many other wholesome projects presented here are sure to become joyful new yearly traditions. What a lovely way to help families focus on the true meaning of Christmas!

Item #: UC8312
Price: $15.95
This very special tri-fold Advent calendar shares the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker in twenty-four prettily illustrated miniature board books. Every day, as kids eagerly count down to Christmas, they are treated to a new installment of the tale of a young girl's magical holiday. From Herr Drosselmeyer's amazing magic show to the duel with the Mouse King to the arrival of the Sugar Plum Fairy--all the enchanting details unfold in lovely little books numbered one to twenty-four. Plus, each brightly colored book has a gold thread looped through it, so once it's been read it becomes a beautiful Christmas tree ornament. We're also offering The Story of Christmas Story Book Advent Calendar (not pictured), in which the twenty-four miniature books recount the Nativity tale, while supplies last.

Item #: UF4072
Price: $16.95
Rev up the Christmas cheer with these distinctive note cards! Choose the image of a hip reindeer-- scarf blowing in the wind--whose vintage red convertible may be even groovier than Santa's sleigh, or a cool penguin (in a driving cap) hauling a tree atop a classic aqua-colored cruiser. The long (9¼"x4") cards come in sets of eight, with envelopes, and are blank inside.

Item #: UF4862
Price: $16.95
Rev up the Christmas cheer with these distinctive note cards! Choose the image of a hip reindeer-- scarf blowing in the wind--whose vintage red convertible may be even groovier than Santa's sleigh, or a cool penguin (in a driving cap) hauling a tree atop a classic aqua-colored cruiser. The long (9¼"x4") cards come in sets of eight, with envelopes, and are blank inside.

Item #: UF3562
Price: $17.90
Make your Christmas greetings especially memorable this year with our charming Advent Calendar Cards from Germany. Each of these brightly printed cards offers twenty-four tiny windows to open (revealing charming little illustrations)-- one for each day of December through Christmas Eve. The cards truly are a gift in themselves: The recipients can enjoy the miniature calendars throughout the holiday season. What great incentive for getting your Christmas cards to the mailbox early! Set includes five assorted blank (4¼"x5¾") note cards, with envelopes.

Item #: UA0782
Price: $29.95
Why shouldn't grown-ups enjoy the anticipation of Christmas as much as children do? Well, here's an Advent calendar for art-loving adults. Reproductions of twenty-five Madonna and Child paintings from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., remain hidden until they're revealed, day by day, from the first of December until Christmas Day. A key to the paintings is included with the calendar. A dramatic 16"x21". (Sorry, no gift-wrapping.)

Item #: UF6162
Price: $8.00
Simple and sweet and full of joy, our Treetop Birds Garland proves that paper and string (and some creativity) is all one needs to spread a little Christmas spirit. Each paper circle--decorated with an ornament, a sleigh, a stocking, a snowflake, a little bird, etc.--measures about 5½" in diameter, and the fully-extended garland runs about 10 feet long. Cute and festive on your Christmas tree or any wall in the house!

Item #: UE5552
Price: $15.95
This very special tri-fold Advent calendar shares the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker in twenty-four prettily illustrated miniature board books. Every day, as kids eagerly count down to Christmas, they are treated to a new installment of the tale of a young girl's magical holiday. From Herr Drosselmeyer's amazing magic show to the duel with the Mouse King to the arrival of the Sugar Plum Fairy--all the enchanting details unfold in lovely little books numbered one to twenty-four. Plus, each brightly colored book has a gold thread looped through it, so once it's been read it becomes a beautiful Christmas tree ornament. We're also offering The Story of Christmas Story Book Advent Calendar (not pictured), in which the twenty-four miniature books recount the Nativity tale, while supplies last.

Item #: UE6282
Price: $30.91
These gorgeous pewter place card holders add substantial elegance to your holiday table. The set features eight designs--a holly branch, a Christmas tree, a present, ice skates, a pair of candy canes, a snowman, a snowflake, and an ornament--and comes prettily packaged (and ready to store compactly from year to year) in a little red box. Each piece, measuring about ¾" long and ½" tall, holds a place card securely and with festive style. Friends and family members, young and old alike, will enjoy finding their seats for Christmas dinner with these merry accessories guiding the way.

Item #: UE4482
Price: $6.48
Behind the back of a lovely snow-lady (with a fetching yellow hat and a broccoli floret for a nose), snowman #1 says to snowman #2, "She hasn't said, but I think Mary may have had a nose job." Send these playful cards and your holiday tidings are sure to be received with a hearty chuckle! The interior message reads "Season's Greetings!" and the set includes fifteen 5"x7" cards, with envelopes.

Item #: UF7302
Price: $9.95
What could be more delightfully jolly than a towering pile of good books? Our Stack of Books Ornament brings literary flair to any Christmas tree. The resin sculpture measures 3" high and weighs a rather substantial 4 ounces, so be sure to hang it on a sturdy branch!

Item #: UF8122
Price: $44.95
Meet the Penguin Brothers! These adorable little guys are all bundled up in warm scarves and fuzzy (faux fur) hats, and theyre ready to contribute oodles of Christmas cheer. What adorably fun holiday additions to a bookshelf, side table, or mantel!

Item #: UE4592
Price: $5.93
The cheerful chef sporting our festively adorable Jolly Santa Apron is bound to make the best Christmas cookies, figgy pudding, and buche de Noel around! The 100% polyester, tie-in-the-back apron (about 32" in length) turns any holiday cook into a ho-ho-hostess with the mostest! (One size fits most; Made in the U.S.A.)

Item #: UE3672
Price: $2.90
A glittery angel, a knitted fairy, a button snowflake, a ribbon poinsettia, an organza butterfly, a foil heart, a salt-dough gingerbread man-and the list goes on! This richly detailed how-to book takes you step-by-step through creating your very own special Christmas tree toppers. What a wonderful activity for the whole family.

Item #: UF7502
Price: $14.95
A cozy, wrapped-up, fuzzy bundle of Christmas cheer, the adorably anxious-looking cat on these cute holiday cards helps you send a message of warm holiday wishes to all your nearest and dearest. The image carries all the love and joviality of a great big bear hug. How wonderful! Set includes twelve 5" x 7" cards, with envelopes.

Item #: UE5362
Price: $16.95
"Twelve Paunches Hanging…Ten Nappers Sleeping…Seven Spoiled Grandchildren… Two His-and-Hers Chairs, and a Partridge in an RV"--it's "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for the senior set! With hilarious little drawings illustrating each clever take on the classic holiday song (the illustration of "Six Husbands in the Way" is particularly amusing), these fiendishly funny holiday cards will elicit big guffaws from all the goodhumored men and women of a certain age on your Christmas-card list. Boxed set includes fifteen cards, which open to read "Season's Greetings," and matching envelopes.

Item #: UF7582
Price: $19.95
These jolly Christmas doggies--playfully rendered by Jud Guitteau--are as cute and festive as can be! Each 5"x7" card features a charmingly spruced-up pup: a dachshund in a Santa suit (Whos your Santa? is the inside message), a necklace-bedazzled chihuahua stuffed in a stocking (Tis the season to sparkle.), a drooling bulldog under some mistletoe (A holiday howdy to you.), a Saint Bernard with a rescue barrel of eggnog around his neck (Bring on the holiday cheer.), and a black lab with a candy cane in his mouth (a simple Merry Christmas.). Set includes ten cards (two each of five designs shown), plus envelopes.

Item #: UD4202
Price: $7.48
This beautiful Christmas stationery facilitates some very special correspondence between your child and old Saint Nick himself! The festive Dear Santa Letter Set consists of eight blank ivory note cards--for composing wish lists, explanations of naughtiness, and such--and eight decorative (about 4½"x7") envelopes to address to Santa Claus at the North Pole. The Letter from Santa Set also has eight blank ivory note cards and adorably illustrated envelopes to allow "Santa" to write back in jolly style. What fun!

Item #: UD4632
Price: $7.48
This beautiful Christmas stationery facilitates some very special correspondence between your child and old Saint Nick himself! The festive Dear Santa Letter Set consists of eight blank ivory note cards--for composing wish lists, explanations of naughtiness, and such--and eight decorative (about 4½"x7") envelopes to address to Santa Claus at the North Pole. The Letter from Santa Set also has eight blank ivory note cards and adorably illustrated envelopes to allow "Santa" to write back in jolly style. What fun!

Item #: UF4572
Price: $18.95
Our playful Let It Snow! Holiday Cards guarantee a white Christmas for all! Attached to each of the lovely, sparkling snowman cards is a little packet of Snow to Go--a nontoxic, environmentally safe powder that, when mixed with water, expands 100 times, turning into a fluffy pile of "snow"! The amazing substance is fun to play with (it feels cool to the touch and never melts!) and merrily decorates trees, holiday villages, or other Yuletide features. Each card's packet makes about two handfuls of the soft white stuff--so you might want to send the recipient a Snow to Go! Jar or two, as well. Each festively packaged, 3½"-tall jar makes an impressive three gallons of snow. Both the cards and the jar come with instructions for snow-making. What fun for kids of all ages (especially those who live in warm climates)!

Item #: UF5112
Price: $12.99
Our playful Let It Snow! Holiday Cards guarantee a white Christmas for all! Attached to each of the lovely, sparkling snowman cards is a little packet of Snow to Go--a nontoxic, environmentally safe powder that, when mixed with water, expands 100 times, turning into a fluffy pile of "snow"! The amazing substance is fun to play with (it feels cool to the touch and never melts!) and merrily decorates trees, holiday villages, or other Yuletide features. Each card's packet makes about two handfuls of the soft white stuff--so you might want to send the recipient a Snow to Go! Jar or two, as well. Each festively packaged, 3½"-tall jar makes an impressive three gallons of snow. Both the cards and the jar come with instructions for snow-making. What fun for kids of all ages (especially those who live in warm climates)!

Item #: UD7602
Price: $19.95
Hoshmakaka the camel is old and ornery, but when he's commissioned to deliver gifts to a baby king, he reluctantly agrees (although he'd rather be at the cud-chewing convention in Beemish). He's pretty proud of his special cargo, even when the villagers, shepherds, and others he meets along the way learn of his destination and add their gifts to his load. His journey becomes increasingly difficult, until one last straw, the only offering of a poor child, finally overwhelms him. But when he sees the baby king in his cradle, Hoshmakaka's burden is lifted, and he recognizes the importance of his journey. A wonderfully fresh perspective on the Christmas story, The Last Straw is bound to become a holiday favorite. For ages 4 to 8. And with his soft fur and knobby knees, our splay-legged Hoshmakaka Toy (about 9" high) is an awfully cute companion to Fredrick Thury's inspiring story!