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Summary: In the Star of Christmas, it's 1880's London and Cavis and Millward are putting the finishing touches on their first Christmas musical. Filled with spectacle and more electric lights than London has ever seen. Unfortunately, a church pageant is opening the same night, right down the street, featuring a priceless artifact that hasn't been seen in 80 years! Just how far will Cavis go to make sure his show opens on top? Find out in this hilarious,...

Following her academic husband to a new job in a small college town in Washington, freelance writer Maye is suddenly confronted by the challenges of making new friends and, after a series of missteps, decides to enter the annual Sewer Pipe Queen pageant, a popular local tradition, only to uncover a sinister mystery that has been haunting the town for years.

"The summer is over, and Sara Collins is nervous about starting school in Stellamar. What will the kids at her new school be like? Will the girls be friendly? Will the boy from her vision be there? When someone-or something-signs Sara up to run for harvest queen in the upcoming pageant at school, she finds that, once again, a spirit desperately needs something from her. But should Sara risk ridicule at her new school to help? Does she even have...

As the illustrations depict a Christmas pageant, rhyming text wonders how the characters present at the first Christmas reacted to what they saw and heard.

It's 1880's London and Cavis and Millward are putting the finishing touches on their first Christmas musical. Filled with spectacle and more electric lights than London has ever seen. Unfortunately, a church pageant is opening the same night, right down the street, featuring a priceless artifact that hasn't been seen in 80 years! Just how far will Cavis go to make sure his show opens on top?

Problems arise when Cavis Appythart and Milward Phelps (Bob and Larry) plan to present their new musical "The Princess and the plumber," on the same day that Edmund Gilbert will open his Christmas pageant featuring a priceless artifact called the Star of Christmas.

When Matthew Peyton inherits the family business, the responsibility of the Christmas pageant also falls on his shoulders. But as financial hardships fall on the town, Matthew finds himself overwhelmed. As his business profits plummet and his workers begin to strike, Matthew is forced to make a decision between selling the family business and canceling the beloved pageant or sticking out hardships despite his rapidly declining popularity in the community....

"The presentations in the theater, gladiatorial combats, chariot races in the circus, animal hunts, triumphal processions, and other public entertainments of early imperial Rome served as tangible expressions of Roman ideology and power. This book describes these lavish spectacles, traces their evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and discusses their social and political significance."--BOOK JACKET.

Toy that saved Christmas: The children of Dinkletown are convinced they need more toys until a toy teaches them that Christmas is about giving, not getting. Star of Christmas: In 1880s London, two producers of a Christmas musical are worried when a church down the street puts on a pageant featuring a priceless artifact. Saint Nicholas: Bob tells a story of a little boy named Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever. Christmas...