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In two timeless Christmas stories from the past two centuries, misanthropes Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch show their contempt for the worldâs greatest holiday season.
In Charles Dickensâ A Christmas Carol (1843), the heartless banker Scroogeâs response to âMerry Christmasâ is âBah! Humbug!â For Scrooge, Christmas is a fraud.
In the 1957 Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch, his heart âtwo sizes too small,â tries to âprevent Christmas from comingâ by stealing all the presents from Whoville. Scrooge and the Grinch have much to learn, and they do, because these are stories of redemption.
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Books make fantastic giftsâyou can give someone countless gourmet meals, a trip to a far-flung land, transport them to the future or bring them back to their past all in a tidy package.
Thereâs a book to suit everyoneâs taste, they last longer than a box of chocolates, they donât go out of style, and everyoneâyoung or oldâappreciates a good story.
Here are a few gift ideas for this holiday season from Watermark Publishingâs catalog:
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Ideally the following words would be spoken. You would close your eyes, turn off the voices in your head, and just listen as the words are read to you.
Gecko is only a few inches tall, but thatâs still big enough to be a bully when there are smaller creatures around the houseâlike Mosquito and her insect friends. But Mosquito is tired of being chased and harassed by the greedy lizard.
In Gecko and Mosquito, Mosquito is the unlikely hero who saves the day and frees the household bugs from Geckoâs tyranny with a clever plan. Gecko may be bigger, but heâs definitely not smarter.
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