Seventeen yuletide projects and some very special ideas for getting into the holiday spirit will help youngsters prepare for the holidays.

Provides instructions for doing embroidery, and suggests a variety of projects.

Presents directions for creating a variety of Christmas decorations from around the world, including Irish candles, French "stained glass," Japanese origami ornaments, Roman wreaths, and Danish woven baskets.

"A young boy is highly skeptical when his grandmother tells him that the machines at the nearby construction can dance, and he wants to see this for himself. But there are setbacks. and the child has to be patient and fill the time in other ways --- ploughing through books, digging through the toy box, building and bulldozing. When Grandma decides to bake, the child eagerly joins in, because Baking is almost as good as watching diggers. / We line...

The main character complains that nothing happens in the book, and for a while that appears to be true.