The Christmas Time Travelers by L. M. Haynes is a very original and fascinating Christmas story one which is definitely a unique twist on the First Christmas for kids growing up, especially if they are dog lovers!
In this tale, an inventor builds a time machine in which he decides to do a test on Christmas Eve. So, once he readies the machine and sets the automatic return timer for eight hours, he gets distracted by Christmas Carolers at his front door. Before he realizes it, his three dogs have run into the time machine and the gadget's door closed behind them then, poofthe machine disappears. Realizing what has happened, the professor is saddened to have lost his three loved dogs, and his time machine.
The next part of the book tells the story from the time-traveling dog's perspective, as they come across the Nativity scene of Jesus Christ being born. The dogs witness, first hand, the miracle of that evening.