Disney 5-Minute Christmas Stories

 

Shirley J.                   Juvenile Fiction             Short stories all taking place at Christmas in the lives of                                                                                  many of the Disney characters

Disney 5-Minute Christmas Stories  192 pages

Lovely Christmas stories starring Lady and the Tramp and their kids as Lady shares Christmas traditions that she loves her favorite being the big Christmas dinner with all the fixings the house is decorated, the presents are wrapped and under the tree, the carolers have been by dinner is cooking and smells wonderful, Tramp, never having had a home growing up is learning about Christmas traditions along with their kids who are enjoying their first Christmas.  When the Aunt with two mean Siamese cats comes over for dinner and turns the cats loose in the house, the first thing they destroy is the table laden with all the scrumptious holiday food, pulling the tablecloth with their claws until all the platters and bowls spill onto the floor.   Fortunately, the mistress of the house saw what happened and Lady didn't get the blame this time.  Lady was so sad and disappointed that Christmas was ruined, but Tramp saves the day by sharing his Christmas tradition with the family.   The dogs get their masters to follow them and Tramp leads them to the Italian restaurant he took Lady to for their first date.   His friends are delighted and set up tables for the family and Tramp and Lady's family and a wonderful traditional Italian Christmas dinner is enjoyed by all.    Mickey and Pluto end up helping Santa deliver Christmas presents to the last 4 houses on his list which just happen to be Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy's houses, because Santa and his reindeer have all come down with terrible colds after leaving the North Pole and need to get home they are so tired to get some soup and get in bed to recover.   Cinderella, and her Aunties the good fairies, Merryweather, Flora and Fauna, decorate the castle, cooking and baking cookies and Cinderella sews her Christmas gifts to give as presents to all her loved ones.  Cinderella and Phillip throw a wonderful Christmas party for their staff and for all the animals that are their friends and everyone parties together and it is so much fun and all get along beautifully.   Pinocchio sees his first snowfall as a real boy and Gippetto tells him all about Christmas and they decorate the house and cook and make Christmas cakes and cookies, all the while their kitten, Figaro wants to help and be a part of things but Gippetto keeps telling him no.   Finally, Gippetto takes Pinochhio and tells Figaro and their fish, Cleo they are going out for out for a while.  Figaro hides under the bed to sulk where he finds wrapped Christmas gifts for everybody but him!  He is so hurt and angry that he rips every present's wrapping paper, tears down the decorations till Jimminy Cricket stops him and scolds him telling him it isn't about the things, it is about family.   He shames Figaro so bad that the kitten starts fixing the mess he has created.  Jimminy helps Figaro and when Gippetto and Pinochhio return,  dinner is sitting on the table and the house looks more beautiful than before.   Gippetto thanks Figaro and gives him his Christmas present early for being such a good cat and working so hard to make Christmas even more wonderful.   When Figaro opens his gift it is a big bottle of cream they had gone out to get for him.   A fine time was had by all and a fine lesson learned.   So many beautiful Christmas stories are to be found here.   I highly recommend these stories to babies on up to senior citizens.   Everyone will love these stories no matter what your age.