During each day of the month of December, Snowbear prepares for and celebrates the Christmas season.

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

Thinking that the spirit of Christmas has been lost, Santa Bear disappears, until the Berenstain Bears show him that it still exists.

Mrs. Bear plans a surprise Valentine's Day celebration for Mr. Bear despite their usual hibernating habits at that time of year.

"Dog and Bear are back in three new stories, all with a Halloween theme"--

During Passover seder, a precocious bear turns his toy elephant into an Afiko-Sniffer to help him find the elusive afikomen.

After taking a walk on Christmas Eve while their freshly baked gingerbread cools, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear arrive home to encounter another "trespasser," who does not have golden hair but wears a red suit and leaves presents.

Bear is a postman who never gets letters of his own. That changes when he decides to throw a Christmas party.

Grumpy and cold when his forest friends insist he stay awake to celebrate Christmas, Bruce the bear, wearing his long underwear and warm hat, is mistaken for Santa by the youngest forest creatures.

Bear's plans for a quiet Christmas alone are interrupted by an excited frog who believes he has arrived at a vacation resort for a holiday extravaganza.