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.

"The Berenstain Bears celebrate Christmas just lke in the olden days, without all their gadgets and toys"--

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

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.

Stranded on an iceberg on his way to America, Simon remembers his mother's parting words and lights the first candle on his menorah while praying for a miracle, which soon arrives in the form of a friendly polar bear.