Wishing everyone peace on Earth and goodwill towards man as Brand presents our Christmas Collection.
Click on a title below to read the story.
A Bonanza-ful Life by Puchi Ann
Summary: In this Bonanza adaptation of the Frank Capra holiday classic, Ben Cartwright is facing a Christmas so bleak that he finds himself wishing he’d never been born. Enter one slightly unusual guardian angel with the offer to let him see what the world would have been like without him.
Rated: K+ WC 20,000
A Child’s First Christmas by KateP
Summary: Ben Recalls each of his sons’ first Christmas
Rating: K 620 words
A Chill in the Air by Vickic
Summary: Through their troubles the Cartwrights are gently reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.
Rating: K+ WC 8800
A Christmas Carol in Virginia City by TracyT
Summary: Celebrate Christmas in Virginia City and uncover a mystery.
Rating: K WC 16,500
A Christmas Kiss by McFair
Summary: All sixteen-year-old Hoss wanted for Christmas was a kiss from Ellie Miller. He was so excited he set off for the Millers’ place before his brothers. Instead of a kiss, Hoss was soon hoping for a Christmas miracle….
Rated: PG
Word Count: 8081
A Christmas Story by Storm
Summary: Here’s my answer to the December Chaps and Spurs challenge.
Rating: K+ WC 3100
A Christmas Journey by AC1830
Summary: As three of the Cartwrights are making their way home for Christmas, Ben becomes ill. Adam and Hoss find a rancher willing to give them refuge from the cold and snow. Little do they know, their rescuer has a connection with another journey the Cartwrights made many years earlier. Ben, Adam and Hoss find they’ve come full circle in their Christmas journeys.
Rating: = K, Word Count = 8705
A Christmas Wish by Puppycuddles
Summary: Each member of the family is important. The absence of just one or two is greatly felt, especially during the Christmas season. Ben reflects on the changes the year has brought while someone else makes a special request. A prequel story.
Rating: G Word count: 1,253
A Christmas Without Her by Mumu74
Summary: A prequel
Rating: K 1,190 words
A Gift for the Man Who Has Everything – by MissJudy
Summary: In the middle of a busy Christmas morning, Adam receives a request from Roy Coffee to help him investigate a possible crime in Virginia City. The case intrigues him as he follows the clues along with Roy and Paul Martin, and has a moment of agony as he begins to see the truth. In the midst of the his discoveries he receives a few unexpected reminders of the true meaning of Christmas, and is able to offer the gift of restoration. Rating: K Word Count: 10649
A Holiday Homicide by Puchi Ann
Summary: The Cartwrights are enjoying a festive Christmas party at the Ponderosa, when what to their wondering eyes should appear but a corpse in a closet. Oh, my and oh, dear!
Rating: K+ WC 6600 A holiday mystery written in response to a suggestion by our own bahj
A Letter to Dickens – by BettyHT
Summary: Loosely based on the Advent 2025 stories of BettyHT and AC1830 as well as the work of Charles Dickens. Many years after Abel writes to Adam about how Elizabeth’s spirit influenced him to change, Adam pitches a story idea to Dickens.
Rating: PG Word count: 936
A Merry Heart by Hart4Ben
Summary: While Joe is missing his brother at Christmas, a friend’s tragedy gives Joe a new perspective on the Christmas spirit.
Rating: – K, WC – 1281
A Note for Santa #1 by Dodo
Summary: A Christmas WHI for First Born
Word Count: 1709 Rating: K+
A Note for Santa #2 – Regrets and Resolutions by Dodo
Summary: A WHN for A Note for Santa
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1725
A Ponderosa Christmas…Or Maybe Not by pjb
Summary: Have you ever wondered why we didn’t see more Cartwright Christmas episodes? Turns out, it wasn’t an oversight. . . .
Rating: PG Word count: 1,500
A Ponderosa Christmas Carol by Questfan
Summary: My version of Charles Dickens’ famous story, as written for the 2016 BoNaNo Challenge. Thank you to the fun group of writers who participated as it was the first time I have done anything like that.
Word Count: 7111 Rating: T
A Tree for Maggie by EPM
Summary: Adam remembers a gift given to him last Christmas.
Rating: K+ 595 words
Adam in the Outback #17 – O Tannenbaum by Deborah
Summary: In a flashback, Adam tells his grandchildren the story of the Cartwright’s first Christmas tree.
Rating: K 19,700 words
Adam’s Family First Christmas at the Ponderosa by Gracemolina
Summary: After returning to The Ponderosa, Adam with his family had to face his first Christmas with all their members, his wife, their twins, Peggy and Olaf. Olaf go away and returned late to Christmas eve dinner, because he wants to share Christmas spirit, but Adam only understand he disobeyed him The twins received amazing Christmas presents and a mysterious visit.
Rating: K+ 6,440 words
After the Storm by pjb
Summary: As Christmas approaches, Joe struggles anew with his grief over Laura’s death. A WHN for “The Storm.”
Rating: K+ 7100
Alternative Nativity Story (The) by Territell
Summary: An unmarried mother arrives at the Ponderosa for Christmas. How will the family cope with the impending birth?
Rated: K+ WC 7200
An Undercover Christmas by ljlover2001
Summary: It’s almost Christmas Day, but ten year old Little Joe can’t wait and is desperate to find out what big brother Adam has bought him. However, when he goes looking he finds a lot more than he bargained for.
Rating: K+ 3,160 words
And His Heart Grew a Little Bit Larger – by BettyHT
Summary: Hoot tries to teach the Cartwrights a lesson but learns more than he ever expected. This is a prequel Christmas story.
Rating: PG Word count: 2,295
Art-Universe (The) #9 – The Art of Giving by Faust
Summary: Christmas on the Ponderosa is, more or less, always the same. Yet this year, there’s a certain moment of unpredictability: there’s a visitor staying over the holidays who could jeopardise it all…or make it extra special. And maybe she even knows a better present for Adam than yet another book….
3,200 words, rated K
Summary: A barren tree and a string of glass beads bring two lonely men together on Christmas Eve. Rated G Word count: 4121
Before Christmas by dbird
Summary: A fight, a flower, and a little bit of faith. A Bonanza fable for Christmas.
Rating: K+. WC 3600
Belated Holiday Greeting in a Letter from Joe by Robin
Belated Holiday Greeting in a Letter from Joe – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A holiday letter to Mitch, from Joe.
Rating: T 2,600 words
Believe in Love – A Special Love by AC1830
Summary: Adam Cartwright and Peggy Dayton developed a special relationship that seemed to go beyond friendship. This is a WHN about the strength of that bond after tragedy strikes at Christmas.
Rating: K+ WC = 8882
Best Present (The) by the Tahoe Ladies
Summary: A Christmas Tale
Rated: K Word Count: 4970
Betrayal by HelenB
Summary: Joe feels responsible for the death of a friend and with Christmas not far away, it doesn’t look like it will be a happy one.
Rating: T 16,265 words
Biggest Miracle of All (The) by McFair
Summary: Just before Christmas Ben Cartwright makes a choice he will soon regret. He allows his twelve-year-old son, Joseph, to help the young woman who is filling in for Abigail Jones over the holidays find her way home. Little does Ben know that the blue sky of morning will soon become the deep gray of an approaching snow storm, and that his son and his teacher will need a miracle to survive.
Rated: PG-13 Word Count: 12,321
Bloodlines #8 – The Guardian by pkmoonshine
Summary: On his way home from a Christmas shopping trip in Placerville, Joe is thrown from a spooked horse and left stranded at the bottom of a deep ravine in the midst of a severe snowstorm.
Rating: K (6,015)
Bonanza Carol by Robin
Summary: Our apologies to Charles Dickens as Virginia City lives its own version of A Christmas Carol.
Rating: T 28,30 words
Bonanza Christmas Story by AnneG
Synopsis: The four Cartwrights, separated just before Christmas, keep running into this family that make it possible for them to once again understand the true meaning of Christmas.
Rating: G 9,160 words
Buried Treasure by Bahj
Summary: What do a nutty professor, an ancient Indian legend, and a dusty sea chest from the attic have in common? Come spend Christmas with the Cartwrights and find out what awaits in this zany, action packed adventure.
Rating: K Words 52,169
Chanty’s Christmas by Vive-Adam
Summary: Chanty is a poor orphan maiden lost in a small village in Nevada but, on Christmas eve, a stranger in town will change her life
Rated: K WC 4400
Synopsis: Ben and young Adam forced by an unexpected snowstorm, must halt their journey west. Only then does Ben realize he almost missed Christmas.
Rating G 7,625 words
Christmas Afghan (The) – by MissJudy
Summary: A cold ride home in the pelting snow, followed by a sweet conversation with his father, gives Adam a memorable Christmas Eve.
Rating: G Word Count: 6734
Christmas after Marie by pjb
Summary: Even in the midst of grief, Christmas is still a time for miracles.
Rated: K WC 13,600
Christmas at the Cartwrights by Eve
Summary: A Christmas story at the Cartwright household introducing a new family member.
Rated: K (5,450)
Christmas Bells by KateP
Summary: A seasonal Bonanza story
Rated: K 1,965 words
Christmas Child (The) by Hart4Ben
Summary: It’s Christmas on the Ponderosa with some unexpected visitors.
Rating: K Word Count: 2394
Christmas Gift (The) by pbeaking
Summary: Ben’s granddaughter, Lizzy gives her grandfather a special Christmas gift. This story touches upon the importance of family, remembering those who have passed and those that cannot be with us. Just a short story for the Holiday Season. Enjoy!
Rating: K 1,780 words
Christmas Gift (The) by Puchi Ann
Summary: Little Joe’s recent misbehavior has him singing the “I’m Gettin’ Nothing for Christmas” blues.
Rating: K 1155 words
Christmas Comes but Once a Year by Sue
Christmas Comes but Once a Year – by Sue
Summary: Little Joe gets into trouble…a few times
Rated: K+ WC 10,500
Christmas Comes Early by DonnaM
Summary: Joe’s story about Santa getting lost in Texas is based on “Santa Got Lost In Texas,” a song from the “Christmas on the Ponderosa” album. Books mentioned in the final scene are figments of the author’s imagination.
Rating: K 6,500 words
Christmas is Coming by The Giggly Sisters
Summary: Preparing for Christmas is a time consuming job, especially if you are a Cartwright.
Rated: K+ WC 2500
Christmas Letters by KateP
Summary: Chrstimas letters from each of the Cartwrights
Rated: K+ 2,285 words
Christmas Memories by Mamse5
Summary: Joe attempts to handle the Christmas traditions while his family recovers from influenza. But there’s another winter storm on the way. Will he make it home safe?
Rated: K WC 5500
Christmas Payroll (The) by Rona
Summary: Collecting the Christmas payroll is such an ordinary chore, that the Cartwrights can hardly believe when things go so wrong.
7,660 words Rated: T
Christmas Presents by BeckyS
Summary: A last-minute shopping trip almost ends in tragedy. Christmas morning finds all marveling in the blessing of family.
Rating: G 2,740 words
Christmas Presents by Sibylle
Summary A prequel about a young Little Joe, set in the fall of 1850 while Adam is away in Boston.
WC 2100
Christmas Secret (The) – by HarpistforHim
Summary: A young Little Joe wants to know which of his brothers will be getting him a special gift for Christmas, but Adam isn’t in the mood for spilling secrets. A short holiday story set during the early years of the Ponderosa.
Word Count: 739 Rating: G
Christmas Spirit by AC1830
Summary: Little Joe learns something special about Christmas, with the help of his brothers.
Rating: T, WC 947
Christmas Story 2011 by Storm
Summary: This story started with just the first line repeating in my head and took off from there. I hope I can come up with one each year that’s why the title is what it is. If not…well we’ll leave that to the muses.
Rated: K+ WC 1400
Christmas Surprise by Rona
Summary: Written originally for Bonanza Gold, here is a little tale of a surprise at Christmas, funnily enough!
Rated: T 1,170 words
Christmas Surprise (The) by deansgirl
Summary: The first Christmas after Marie died was going to be a sad one. Can Adam and Hoss make the season bright after all?
Rated: K+ 2,240 words
Christmas Tableaux (The) by Harper
Summary: Joe proves what Ben has always known, the Cartwrights have never had good luck in pageantry.
Rated: K+ 5,705 words
Christmas Traditions by Patina
Summary: Sometimes traditions bring back memories and sometimes memories are created with new traditions.
Rating: K+ Word Count=7920
Christmas Visitor (The) by BluewindFarm
Summary: Home alone on Christmas Eve; a special visitor keeps watch over a young man.
Rating: G 910 words
Christmas Wish by SusanG
Summary: Could it be that St. Nicholas himself ensures that Ben’s Christmas wish comes true.
Rating: G 8,140 words
Coming Home for Christmas by Rona
Summary: Christmas is fast approaching on the Ponderosa, but for the Cartwrights, it is not the season to be jolly, for Joe has been missing for two months. What has happened to him and will he ever come home?
11,235 words Rated: T
Cowboy and the Lamp (The) by KateP
Summary: Joe is caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve.
Rated: K+ 3,550 words
Creatures Stirring by SusanG
Summary: As stewards of the land, every now and then, the Cartwrights need someone to watch over them, especially this Christmas Eve.
Rating: G 7,950 words
Dear Santa, 1859 by Puchi Ann
Summary: Even though he’s all grown up, there’s one Christmas tradition Little Joe is reluctant to give up, his annual letter to Santa Claus. It’s his way of reflecting on the events of the past year, and this story those center on the episodes of Season 1 of Bonanza.
Rated: K+ WC 2700
Dear Santa, 1860 by Puchi Ann
Summary: It’s time again for Joe’s annual letter to Santa Claus, this time based on the events represented in the second season of Bonanza. From Jennifer Beale to Ellie McClure and beyond, Little Joe is still having trouble dealing with the opposite sex and remains in great need of Santa Pa’s advice.
Rated: K+ WC 3800
Dear Santa, 1861 by Puchi Ann
Summary: Little Joe writes his annual letter to Santa Claus and sneaks downstairs to deliver it secretly, but someone is already down there to catch him in this most private act of the Christmas season.
Rated: K WC 2600
Duet (The) – by DJK
Summary: Adam cannot avoid singing a duet on Christmas Eve, and Hoss cannot avoid a damsel in distress.
rating K words: 1158
Entertaining Angels by Rona
Summary: Just days before Christmas, the Cartwrights have guests.
Rated: K+ 3,595 words
Finding Christmas by Hart4Ben
Summary: It’s Christmas and Jamie is reminiscing about his time with the Cartwrights.
Rating: K WC: 1113
Fourth Wife #6 – Peace on the Ponderosa by JennyG
Summary: Sometimes the smallest things can solve the biggest problems, and when no Cartwright wants to go home on Christmas Eve, there has to be something wrong.
Rating: T 7,100 words
Ghost of Cartwrights Past by Bonanzaluver
Summary: Ben Cartwright forgets the true meaning of Christmas to the dismay of his sons but gets it back with some unexpected help in this Bonanza twist of a classic tale. You may recognize what tale I’m talking about once you read it! ;- Enjoy and please leave comments! Merry Christmas!
Rated: K+ 3,570 words
Ghosts of Christmas Past by BeckyS
Summary: A Later-season story with Candy and Jamie memories … or are they?
Rating: G 3,700 words
Ghosts of Christmas Past by HelenA
Summary: Joe is feeling lonely on Christmas eve. Between the end of Season 13 and the beginning of season 14.
Rating: G 1,450 words
Ghost of Christmas Past (The) by SusanG
Summary: An innocent conversation from five years before leads to devastating consequences in the present.
Word Count: 13,000 Rated: T
Ginger Thief (The) by Shakespeare_Cowgirl
Summary: A gingerbread house + A thief = One very angry Little Joe!
Rated: K+ 4,615 words
Go Tell it on the Mountain by DebbieB & JennieA
Summary: It’s Christmas Eve and Little Joe tries to make a trade with the Virgin Mary.
Rated: G 6,050 words
Go Tell it on the Mountain by JennieA & DebbieB
Summary: It’s Christmas Eve and Little Joe tries to make a trade with the Virgin Mary.
Rated: G 6,050 words
Haunting (The) #3 – Christmas Story by BettyHT
SUMMARY: This is, as the title suggests though, a lighter story set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day focusing mostly on Adam and his wife, Savannah, and children, Owen and Eva, although Adam’s father and brothers play roles in the drama as well.
Rating: PG Word count = 4496
Ho… Ho… Ho… by Bahj
Summary: When Little Joe comes up with another one of his infamous “bright ideas”; The Cartwright brothers find themselves in yet another “jam” in this fun-filled Christmas story.
Rated: K 4,410 words
Home for the Holidays – by southplains
Summary: Inspired by a Pinecone prompt.
Rating: K Word Count: 1400
In the Bleak Midwinter by KateP
Summary: A Christmas Fantasy
Rated: K+ 2,885 words
I Wonder as I Wander by SKLamb
Summary: On a cold Christmas Eve near Harvard Square, Adam comes to receive a sort of epiphany.
Rated: K WC:1000
Last Christmas by Inca
Summary: All these years he had been listening hard for the song of the stars only to be disappointed. But now… his soul was at peace as he accepted what would be….
Rating: K 760 words
Letter (The) by BettyHT
Summary: During the Christmas season, six-year-old Little Joe learns the importance of a letter and the impact it can have. He learns too about consequences, and learns both lessons well. Years later, the importance of a letter is still strong.
rating = K word count = 2593
Light Inside (The) by AC1830
Summary: On Christmas Eve Hoss guides a new friend from darkness into light.
Rating – K, Word Count – 1566
Light up the Winter Darkness by Ginny & Robin
Summary: This is a Bonanza Christmas/Chanukah story. One Christmas morning the Cartwrights go in rescue of a stranded family, who unbeknowst to the Cartwrights are being held hostage by bank robbers.
Rated: PG13 for some harsh language and a fight scene 10,975 words
Light up the Winter Darkness by Robin & Ginny
Summary: This is a Bonanza Christmas/Chanukah story. One Christmas morning the Cartwrights go in rescue of a stranded family, who unbeknowst to the Cartwrights are being held hostage by bank robbers.
Rated: PG13 for some harsh language and a fight scene 10,975 words
Magic of Christmas (The) by Storm
Summary: Here is my Christmas story I hope you like it.
Rated: K+ 1800
Mama’s Angel by Ellie248
Summary: A Cartwright Christmas Past. A tradition begun.
Rating K 1,407 words
Mary Knox’s Christmas by JennyG
Summary: Christmas finds Adam far from home. He takes shelter with a family who needs his help, and learns that the spirit of Christmas can manifest in different and sometimes mysterious ways.
Rating: T 10,000 words
Messages by BettyHT
Summary: Prequel stories set in the time shortly after the family has lost Marie and in the pre-Christmas season. Little Joe is sad and there are a couple of ways that Adam finds to bring him out of that sorrow. One his father isn’t entirely pleased to see but the other is amazing.
Rating: K+ 1,620 words
Night Before Christmas (The) by Freyakendra
Summary: The boys have some childish fun in a poem that borrows from the original.
Rating: K 430 words
Night Before Christmas (The) by Rona
Summary: Here’s the Christmas story. It’s short, but fun.
2,760 words Rated: T
O Come, O Come Emmanuel by Freyakendra
Summary: Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Joe follows his brother’s song after the trail itself becomes obscured by the heavy snow.
Rated: K+ WC 2500
n the Trail and More – by BettyHT
Summary: Joe asks a question about Christmas that leads Adam to tell a story about coming West, and then there are more stories about Christmas with Marie and Elizabeth. Rating: PG Word Count: 5,126
One Brother from Boston by DonnaM
Summary: Hoss and Joe invite Adam to come home from Boston for Christmas. Ben also has a hand in bringing “One Brother from Boston,” and so do an angelic helper and a stranger from Minnesota.
Rating: K 6,910 word
One Special Night by BluewindFarm
Summary: The Cartwrights await a VERY special delivery, leaving one of them to wonder what their future will hold.
Rating: K 1,705 words
Once Upon a Christmas, 1850 by DebbieB & JennieA
Summary: With Christmas fast approaching, the Cartwrights race against time to prolong the magic of Christmas from fading on the Ponderosa.
Rated: G 16,570 words
Once Upon a Christmas, 1850 by JennieA & DebbieB
Summary: With Christmas fast approaching, the Cartwrights race against time to prolong the magic of Christmas from fading on the Ponderosa.
Rated: G 16,570 words
Pa’s Christmas Gift by HelenA
Summary: It’s Christmas time on the Ponderosa. What are the boys planning to get Ben for Christmas?
Rating: K 5,785 words
Relatively Festive by Claire
Summary: There is nothing quite like a family Christmas.
Rated: K+ 5,775 words
Santa Roy by BettyHT
SUMMARY: Sheriff Roy Coffee played Santa for a benefit and noticed the Cartwrights weren’t there. When he found out why and went to the ranch, he found out how important a role Santa can play in giving a gift of his wisdom.
Rating = PG Word count = 2740
Santa’s Helpers by HelenA
Summary: Stranded in the middle of nowhere two days before Christmas, will the brothers make it home in time?
Rating T 13,875 words
Santa’s Helpers by Patina
Summary: An intruder takes advantage of an innocent little boy in order to rob the Ponderosa.
Rated K+ WC=2328
Santa’s Little Helper by Puchi Ann
Summary: With eighteen-year-old Little Joe the only Cartwright not confined to bed, the prospects for a merry Christmas appear bleak. Ben has even ordered the cancellation of the annual Christmas Eve party, but in a burst of Yuletide enthusiasm, Joe decides to host the party by himself. After all, how hard could it be? And then his carefully laid plans begin to unravel.
Rated: K WC 15,000
Savior (The) by JennyG
Summary: A blizzard in the high Sierras is no place to spend Christmas Eve as Ben finds out. A Christmas tale.
Rating: K+ 4,650 words
Silent Night by Bluewind Farm
Summary: After an unusually hectic day, there is only one wish requested on Christmas Eve.
Rating: K 2,600 words
Sleigh Bells Ring by Bahj
Summary: A Cartwright Christmas comedy told in three part harmony.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 4296
Sleigh Bells, Rotgut, and Other Miracles by dbird and pjb
Summary: In the middle of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, in a line shack stocked with beans and rotgut, the Cartwrights are reminded of what truly matters. Written by dbird and pjb.
Rated K+ 10,920 words
Sleigh Bells, Rotgut, and Other Miracles by pjb and dbird
Summary: In the middle of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, in a line shack stocked with beans and rotgut, the Cartwrights are reminded of what truly matters. Written by dbird and pjb.
Rated K+ 10,920 words
Small Gifts by EPM
Summary: An accident only a few days before Christmas reveals the meaning behind the thought of Small Gifts.
WC 3300 Rating K
Spot Christmas by sklamb
Summary: When Adam brings his family back to the Ponderosa, his daughter Elizabeth’s first Christmas in Nevada is far from idyllic. But in 1903–in St. Louis!–Adam and the rest of her family make an upcoming Christmas truly special for her.
Rated: K WC 2600
Star of the Show (The) by Wrangler
Summary: The town’s Christmas pageant brings down the curtains in epic proportions. Will there be Peace on Earth?
Rating: K WC 4300
Stocking Orange by faust
Summary: Adam recovers after having been ill at Christmas. Enter Hoss’s bedside manners, lots of Britishness, a little boy, and an orange. Bliss.
1,225 words, rated K
There Are Always Angels – by Feeyanne
Summary: A mystery horse, two lost souls, a heartsick little boy, a father struggling to overcome his grief, a stable full of talking animals, and a goose with a message, combine for a magical and memorable Christmas on the Ponderosa.
Rating: K/G Word Count: 7220
There is a Season by JC
Summary: A man’s life and the things that matter most are revealed in a series of Christmas Eve vignettes. Mind you, this is not a Bonanza story. It is a piece of original fiction featuring a character born many years ago in a Bonanza World journal—an actor named Jack Richards, not-so-loosely based on the real life of Pernell Roberts. If that intrigues you, or if you’re just in the mood for an easy read in keeping with the season, you may enjoy this. I hope so.
Rating: T 11,083 words
Their First Noel by Patina
Summary: Marie will soon be celebrating her first Christmas as a Cartwright. But first, the family has to make it through the annual Virginia City Christmas pageant. Will the Cartwrights or the pageant ever be the same?
Rating: K Word Count=5596
Three Christmas Cards by Debpet
Summary: Three brief holiday stories I hope you’ll enjoy!
Rated: K+ WC 3900
Three Kings (The) by Sibylle
Summary: In early 1847, a winter’s night on the Ponderosa leads to an unexpected gift for the three brothers and the whole family. Prequel
Rated: K WC: 2100
Tis the Season by KateP
Summary: Ben remembers Christmas past.
Rated: K+ 2,385 words
Tidings of Comfort and Joy by Hart4Ben
Summary: It’s Adam’s first Christmas away from his family while at school in Boston. A prequel.
Rating – K WC=1319
Toymaker (The) by HelenA and the Tahoe Ladies
Summary: It’s Christmas, in this story written by Helen Adams and the Tahoe Ladies.
Rating: K 7,135 words
Toymaker (The) by the Tahoe Ladies and HelenA
Summary: It’s Christmas, in this story written by Helen Adams and the Tahoe Ladies.
Rating: K 7,135 words
Trees, Traditions, and Three Fine Sons by dbird and pjb
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was a nice, traditional Christmas…but his three fine sons had other plans… A collaborative story by dbird and pjb.
Rated: K+ 10,950 words
Trees, Traditions, and Three Fine Sons by pjb and dbird
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was a nice, traditional Christmas…but his three fine sons had other plans… A collaborative story by dbird and pjb.
Rated: K+ 10,950 words
Troll the Ancient Yuletide Carol by Patina
Summary: Sam Clemens recounts Christmas Eve activities in Virginia City for the readers of the Territorial Enterprise.
Rating: K Word Count=2546
Twas the Night Before Christmas by BluewindFarm
Summary: Christmas wishes do come true for the brothers.
Rating: K 690 words
Twelve Days of Christmas (The) by Rona
Summary: A non-serious look at the song as it might apply to the Cartwrights.
3,075 words Rated: T
In-Silent Night by Heike
Summary: It’s Christmas time for those on the Ponderosa… with their own Little Drummer Boy celebration.
Rating: K 470 words
We’ll Be Home for Christmas by PuchiAnn
Summary: Having promised Pa that they will be home for Christmas, the three Cartwright brothers are ahead of schedule as they return from a late-season shopping trip in San Francisco. A sudden snowstorm in the Sierras, however, may make keeping that promise or even staying alive – impossible.
Rated: K+ WC 15,000
What Child is This? by AnneG
Synopsis: The Cartwright’s hire a new hand and his wife. A young Little Joe is especially drawn to the wife. The true meaning of Christmas revealed once again.
Rating: G 24,300 words
While Shepherds Watched by JoaniePaiute
Summary: “Real shepherds can be downright ornery,” Hoss tells his little brother, but 6-year-old Joe is determined to see for himself.
Rated: K+ WC 2900
White Christmas by Frasrgrl
Summary: The 2013 Christmas challenge was to write a story that reflects on your favorite Christmas Carol. One of my favorites is White Christmas.
Rated: K (1,155)
Who’s Child is This? by Starlite
Summary: It’s Christmas on the Ponderosa and the Cartwrights have an unexpected visitor.
Rated: G 5,950 words
Why Jesus is Better than Santa by DebbieB
Summary: As explained to Little Joe by his father and brothers.
Rated G WC 1,780 words
Will It Ever Stop Snowing – by BettyHT
Summary: A snowstorm leads to some changes for two families.
Rating: PG Word count: 5409
Wind Beneath my Wings by DebbieB
Summary: We all know how Adam felt towards his youngest brother. But have you ever really known how he felt, deep, deep down into the very core of his heart and soul? Adam pays tribute to his baby brother after Joe fights for days keeping him alive.
Rated G WC 13,500
Summary: Some wishes come true as hoped for, some wishes just can’t be, and some wishes come true in ways not expected. It is the middle of winter and two weeks before Christmas. Joe and Adam find stowaways hiding in their wagon.
Rating: G
Word Count: 6,614
Wizard of the Ponderosa (The) by Bonanzaluver
Summary: Ben and the boys have the yearly duty of going to the orphan house and reading to the children every Christmas season. This year when Ben doesn’t know what to read, he is given some inspiration by his sons. Enjoy!
Rated: K+ 1,830 words
Yellow-Haired Angel by Lminzer
Summary: Sometimes the greatest gifts are the most unexpected ones…
Rated: K+ WC 2500
Yes, Virginia, There is a Cartwright Family by Robin
Summary: The question every little girl wants to know the answer.
Rating: T 805 words
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