num_pages: 62
description: The Larson family celebrates their first Christmas in America, &amp; Kirsten wants to keep some of their old Swedish traditions alive in the new country. She secretly plans a Saint Lucia celebration for her family. For her own Christmas she hopes for just one special treasure. But everything depends on a trip to town that Kirsten has been pestering Papa about for weeks. At last they go, and the journey turns into a brush with disaster. When Papa &amp; Kirsten finally get back home, you'll understand why the candles in the little cabin glow with a special Christmas love.
language: English
title: Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story
titlecomplete: Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #3)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Holiday, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Chapter Books, Historical Fiction, Christmas, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 5939
places: The United States of America
series: American Girl: Kirsten
publisher: Scholastic