The first Christmas / Anne Adeney ; ill. Richard Johnson -- Old Pierre's Christmas visitors / Fiona Waters ; ill. Paul Hess -- The elves and the shoemaker / the Brothers Grimm ; ill. Helen Cann -- A very big cat / Nora Clarke ; ill. Anna C. Leplar -- Becky's Christmas dream / Louisa May Alcott ; ill. Greg Becker -- The nutcracker / Antonia Barber ; ill. Olwyn Whelan -- Christmas every day / William Dean Howells ; ill. Alastair Graham -- The Cratchits' Christmas dinner / Charles Dickens ; ill. Susan Hellard -- Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas basket / L. M. Montgomery ; ill. Suzanna Hubbard -- Christmas at Mole End / Kenneth Grahame ; ill. Georgina McBain -- A gift from the heart / Saviour Pirotta ; ill. Claire Henley -- The legend of St Nicholas / Ann Pilling ; ill. Sharon Williams -- Befana and the three wise men / Vivian French ; ill. Paolo D'Altan -- The fir tree / Hans Christian Andersen ; ill. Martin Irish.