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What happens when you're so poor you have to steal your Christmas presents?

Or have you ever taken a punch in the face as your Christmas gift to the girl you love?

Or saved Christmas while hunting were-weevils?


These award-winning Christmas stories are the best of the best from the 2007–2009 LDS Publisher Christmas Story Contests. From Christmases past, to present to future; from sweet and inspirational to zany and delightful—there's a story for everyone in this eclectic collection. 

Featuring LDS Authors: 

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Stolen Christmas by Sarah M. Eden

Shepherds and Kings by Angie Lofthouse

Arrows to Heaven by Tristi Pinkston

Those Darn Shepherds! by Christine Thackeray

The Choir by Sandra Sorenson

Christmas Joy Ride by Gussie Fick

Too Old for Santa by Janice Sperry

From Dad by L.T. Elliot


Walking in a Weevil Wonderland by Melanie Goldmund

Believe, Mr. Thomas by Don Carey

An Epiphany Gift for Robin by Joyce diPastena

R. Edwin Dugert by Brain C. Ricks

A Sudden Resolve by M. Gray

A Little Magic by Taegan Hutchinson

Calico and Lace by Lori Nawyn

The Crooked Christmas Tree by Roger Bonner




Title: Stolen Christmas & Other Stories of the Season (Volume 1)

Author: Multiple

Publisher: LDS Publisher Press (imprint of Rosehaven Publishing)

Reprint Release: November, 2012

ISBN-13: 978-1931858250

ISBN-10: 193185825X

Original Published: 2009

Size: 108 pages, 6" x 9" softcover

Genre: Christmas Short Story Collection