The Christmas story is bigger, weirder, and more interesting than the manger scene on your mantle lets on.

Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories is cool, little stocking-stuffer book (75 pages) containing five rarely heard Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories with color pictures for each chapter. Told in the same warm, funny, easy-to-follow voice as Dan Cooley's other bizarre Bible books, this is a perfect short read for the Christmas season - around the table, before bed, or as a five-day Advent read-aloud. This book is small enough to stuff in a stocking and finish before New Year's, yet memorable enough that your kids will bring it up next Christmas.

For children, the excitement of the Bible is often its unpredictability. You never know what the omniscient God is going to do-unless, of course, you've heard the story before. Find your kids, their pajamas, and a few minutes of time. They (and you) won't be bored. There are four "Tips" at the end of each chapter, for parents to read with their kids, or for older kids to read on their own. Here's how they work:

So, What Should I Do? Each chapter ends with a personal application

Where Else is this Taught? Other passages from the bible with similar application are listed here

More Notes for the Curious: These are notes to help older children and adults go deeper into each story.

Poems: At the very end of each story there is a poem to better understand and remember the truth of the story.

Also, questions are in bold throughout each chapter where, if an adult is reading to a child, you can stop and ask and see what they are thinking. It makes for some terrific discussions!

Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories was written by Dan Cooley to be read by parents to children ages 7 and up, however, older children LOVE reading it for themselves.