The Magic of Christmas (by BettyHT)
Summary: When Hoss needs a romantic poem, he and Joe search Adam’s room where they find something wondrous that truly brings magic to Christmas.
Rating: G
Words: 4,806
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Jingle Bull (by ElayneA)
Summary: Adventures in ‘riding herd’ leads one brother on a merry chase.
Rating: G
Words: 550
Written for the 2023 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Silent as the Snow (by mcfair_58)
Summary: With Little Joe, following his heart often leads to trouble.
Rating: G
Words: 2,050
Written for the 2023 Bonanza Advent Calendar
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: To some, the holidays aren’t always merry, nor bright.
Rating: G
Words: 950
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
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Sterling and Bright (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It might be white outside, but inside? Being a day like no other, was an understatement; and long after the sun had set Ben Cartwright was almost ready to declare that all three of his sons would be receiving lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings.
Rating: G
Words: 2,350
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar.
We Are Merry (by PSW)
Summary: An explanation and WHL for the episode The Iron Butterfly
Rating: G
Words: 420
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Baa-Baa (by Belle)
Summary: Hoss helps Miss Jones make the annual Christmas pageant “extra special.”
Rating: G
Words: 2,850
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Pine Tree Challenge (by BettyHT)
Summary: Another prequel, but Little Joe is eleven in this one, Hoss is seventeen, and Adam is twenty-three. Climbing that pine tree is again key to the story, but it is what happens after that which is most significant.
Rating: T Word count: 5, 575
Pine Tree Loss and Gains (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is the third and last installment in this series. Ben does his best to make amends for what went wrong, but Joe has a plan too. Only time will tell which will be more effective.
T 7,071
Pine Tree (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel in which Little Joe has a daring adventure that becomes a scary ordeal for his family. Hopefully, this will be the first in a series of stories featuring the pine tree, and each will be separated by several years for the family.
Rating: PG Word count: 3,212
The Ugly Duckling (by AH83)
Summary: The Ugly Duckling story, Cartwright style.
Rating: G, Word Count: 3254
Life Isn’t Always Sunshine and Rainbows (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Whether being stubborn as a mule or butting heads like big horn sheep, they do care about each other; and he’d waited long enough
Rating: T (Words: 1,120)
Cold Hearts, Warm Hearts (by BettyHT)
Summary: The third story in the Vine series answers the last question of who sent the vine, but there is also an examination of Marie’s background to explain the motivation for that act. The story may not make sense in every part unless you have read the first two stories in the series.
Rating: T Word count: 5,865
It’s Time (by LisaD)
Summary: Adam struggles with a difficult situation that only his journal can help with.
Rating: G, Word Count: 626
The Pooka (by AH83)
Summary: Something is destroying farmer’s crops. A Halloween Story.
Rating: K, Word Count: 806
