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Playing Santa Claus and Other Christmas Tales
Table of Contents
Preface
Playing Santa Claus
Nothing To Give
Willie’s Gold Dollar
The Thanksgiving Party
A Christmas Story
April Fool’s Day
The Christmas-Tree
A Dream
No Time Like the Present
The Little Match Boy
I Forgot
The Silver Morning and the Golden Day
Two Sides to a Story
Sarah P. Doughty
Children’s Holiday Stories
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Mary and Ellen were seated close by the side of their mother, who was sewing busily on a pair of coarse overalls,—the last of a dozen pairs which she had engaged to make. Mary had learned to sew neatly enough to be of some assistance, and her mother had just given her leave to hem the bottom of one of the legs of the overalls; while little Ellen was reading aloud from a story-book, which had been given to her at school as a reward for her good behavior. The story which she was reading was a Christmas-tale; and it told of a happy family of children who gathered around the beautiful Christmas-tree.
When Ellen had finished her story, she laid down the book, and seemed very thoughtful for a few minutes. Presently she looked up in her mother’s face, and said, very gently,—
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