"Newly single and unemployed Kerry Tolliver needs a second chance. When she moves back home to her family's Christmas tree farm in North Carolina, she is guilt tripped into helping her brother, Murphy, sell trees in New York City. She begrudgingly agrees, but she isn't happy about sharing a trailer with her brother in the East Village for two months. Plus, it's been years, since before her parents' divorce, that she's been to the city to sell Christmas...

"Branding Iron, Texas, is Travis Morgan's last resort, and the abandoned ranch he inherited isn't much more welcoming than the prison where he spent the last three years doing time for a tragic accident. Travis finds celebrating Christmas is the last thing on his mind until he meets the town's sweetly stubborn mayor, Maggie Delaney"-- Travis Morgan isn't interested in returning to Branding Iron, Texas, or the abandoned Christmas tree ranch he inherited....

The Christmas bells are chiming across the Outer Banks town of Bell Cove, North Carolina, but there's one local 'grinch' who's not listening . . . He's got bad-boy looks and a Bah Humbug attitude, so when the local paper asks the villagers to vote on the "Biggest Local Grinch" as a fund-raising project, Ethan Rutledge isn't surprised to hear he's made the ballot. He might own the local Christmas Tree Farm, but the holiday hasn't been welcome in his...

For inn keeper Holly White, Christmas time in Mistletoe, Maine, is the ultimate holiday gift. Business at the Reindeer Games Inn is booming, her wedding to Sheriff Evan Gray is nearly here, and the annual parade is about to begin. The town is lucky to have another gift this year with the state's ballet company staying for several performances of The Nutcracker. But disaster strikes when Tiffany, the lead ballerina, shows up dead on a float during...

Grow beautiful Christmas trees sustainably on your small farm or in your backyard. As income supplement or outdoor hobby, the tradition of Christmas tree farming is both satisfying and practical and can make good use of fallow land. Grower Patrick White has built on and updated these techniques, pioneered by nurseryman and author Lewis hill, to guide the modern grower every stop of the way, from site selection to planting tips to sales strategies.--COVER....

Calvin, the littlest tree at the Christmas tree farm, has been preparing for the season since he was a sapling. Some say that he is too small, but with the help of the farmer's wife, a young boy, and a particular jolly old man in a red suit Calvin grows to become the most famous Christmas tree of all.

"Everyone in Sunshine Valley, Colorado, is in the Christmas spirit except for Everett Bollinger, the new town manager. With money tighter than ever, Everett has had to make some tough decisions about the local holiday celebration. And taking the blame has put him in a very un-festive mood. Rosalie Reyes has big plans to open her new pet shop during the Christmas parade. But it seems like Everett is determined to sabotage the parade and her business...