True 5-Minute Christmas Stories Advent Calendar for Seniors

A 24-Day Journey Through Real Stories from History with a Fascinating Fact and a True or False Question to Share with Family

von Christine Halloran

194 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Every story in this book sounds made up. Not one of them is.In 1955 a store misprinted the number for children to call Santa. It rang instead on a red emergency telephone in Colorado, and the colonel who answered told his men to play along. They have not stopped since.It's a Wonderful Life lost half a million dollars, won none of its five Oscar nominations, and became a classic only because somebody forgot to file a form.A cargo ship built for 12 passengers carried 14000 people to safety, and landed them all on Christmas morning.Twenty-four stories like these. One for every day from December 1 to Christmas Eve.They run in order, from an Italian cave in 1223 to the far side of the Moon in 1968. Then, around December 18, they cross into living memory. 1939. 1946. 1955. 1968. Your mother or father was there, and may remember it happening.This is an Advent calendar you read instead of open. Each story takes five minutes aloud, so it fits one visit or one evening before bed. Then comes the part that gets people talking: a True or False question for whoever is in the room, a fascinating fact the story did not tell, and a question in case it stirs a memory.Made for older eyes and for reading together: - Genuine 16 point large print on a clean page, not the 11 point most books call large- A full page drawing before every story- Six checked facts after each one, with sources named- Real names, real dates, written for adults, never talking down- Nothing sad at the end of any dayA free gift comes with it. A code inside unlocks 24 Questions for the Christmas Table: the conversation questions as cut-out cards, the quiz with its answers, and the facts set large. Nineteen pages, free, no email needed.The perfect gift for a parent or grandparent who loves history, reads less than they used to, or wants something to look forward to each December evening.Give it before December 1, and it lasts the whole month.

• ISBN: 9798174083707
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp