The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

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Various. The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

Table of Contents

PREFACE

(DETAILED) CONTENTS

I. CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE

CHARLES DICKENS

II. THE FIR-TREE*

*Reprinted by permission of the Houghton-Mifflin Company

III. THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE*

* From "The Pot of Gold", copyright by Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Co

IV. THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS

ADAPTED FROM THE BIBLE

V. THE TELLTALE TILE*

* From "Kristy's Queer Christmas," Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904

VI. LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS

WINNIFRED E. LINCOLN

VII. "A CHRISTMAS MATINEE"*

*This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 74

VIII. TOINETTE AND THE ELVES*

* Published by arrangement with Little, Brown & Co

IX. THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP

X. A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD*

XI. JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS

MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

XII. WHY THE CHIMES RANG*

XIII. THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS

XIV. THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION*

* This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 77

XV. LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES

XVI. CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY*

* From "Kristy's Queer Christmas," Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904

XVII. A CHRISTMAS STAR*

* Published by permission of the American Book Co

XVIII. THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS*

* This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 83

XIX. OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS

J.H. EWING

XX. A CHRISTMAS CAROL

CHARLES DICKENS

XXI. HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS*

XXII. THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA*

*From "The Children's Hour," published by the Milton Bradley Co

XXIII. CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN*

XXIV. THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS*

This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 82

XXV. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE

BY LUCY WHEELOCK

XXVI. THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS*

XXVII. THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER

(Adapted)

XXVIII. CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX*

XXIX. CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW*

*From "Kristy's Queer Christmas," Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904

XXX. MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS*

XXXI. MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON*

* This story was first published in Wide Awake, vol. 26

XXXII. A CHRISTMAS FAIRY*

* Reprinted with the permission of the Henry Altemus Company

XXXIII. THE GREATEST OF THESE*

*This story was first printed in the Youth's Companion, vol. 76

XXXIV. LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE*

XXXV. CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE*

* This story was first printed in the Youth's Companion, Dec. 14, 1905

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In the morning the servant and the housemaid came in.

"Now, then, the splendour will begin again," thought the Fir. But they dragged him out of the room, and up the stairs into the loft; and here in a dark corner, where no daylight could enter, they left him. "What's the meaning of this?" thought the Tree. "What am I to do here? What shall I hear now, I wonder?" And he leaned against the wall, lost in reverie. Time enough had he, too, for his reflections; for days and nights passed on, and nobody came up; and when at last somebody did come, it was only to put some great trunks in a corner out of the way. There stood the Tree quite hidden; it seemed as if he had been entirely forgotten.

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