If the moment when the boy rides the midnight train to meet Santa and receives the silver bell made your heart lift, you'll love the cozy wonder of The Night Before Christmas. It’s another first-hand account of a quiet house interrupted by Santa’s arrival—reindeer on the roof, a figure down the chimney, and a gift left behind—capturing that same feeling of belief brushing against real life.

If you were enchanted by the rule-free magic of the midnight train and the bell only believers can hear, The Snowman offers that same dreamlike, unspoken enchantment. A boy builds a snowman that comes alive; together they explore the sleeping world and soar through the night—no explanations, just pure wonder, and a dawn that makes the memory shine brighter.

If the grown narrator’s voice in The Polar Express—remembering how the silver bell kept ringing for those who believe—moved you, Owl Moon will, too. Told in first person, a child and Pa slip into the snowy dark to go owling, speaking softly, listening, and finally glimpsing the owl. It’s the same intimate, remembered hush of a winter night filled with possibility.

If Santa choosing the boy for the First Gift of Christmas and the bell’s clear ring left you glowing, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey channels that same gentle hope. A gruff woodcarver slowly opens his heart while carving a nativity for a widow and her son, Thomas—turning quiet grief into grace in a way that feels like the true gift at the heart of Christmas.

If the silver bell from The Polar Express—audible only to those who believe—stayed with you, The Velveteen Rabbit echoes that symbolism. A toy rabbit, loved by a boy, longs to become Real; after illness forces the nursery to be cleared, the Nursery Magic Fairy answers that belief, transforming him. It’s the same tender truth: faith and love can make magic tangible.