The children's book of Christmas
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THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS
Compiled by J. C. DIER The MACMILLAN COMPANY 1911 All rights reserved
Copyright, 1911, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published, October, 1911. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:—
Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun it’s so.”
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
Unknown
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THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS
CONTENTS
PLATES IN COLORS
ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE
COMPILER’S NOTE
Christmas Greens
I saw Three Ships come sailing in
The Angels and the Shepherds
While Shepherds Watched
The Wise Men from the East
Strooiavond in Holland
How St. Nicholas Came to Volendam
Keeping Christmas in the Old Way
As Joseph was a-walking
The “Jule-Nissen” and Blowing in the Yule
Christmas Eve in Merry England
When Christmas was not Merry
Going Home for Christmas.
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
The Date of Russia’s Christmastide
St. Barbara’s Grain
Before the Paling of the Stars
A Midnight Mass in France
The Christchild and the Pine Tree
A Birthday Gift
The Christmas Fire in Servia
The Day of the Little God
Nature Folk-lore of Christmastide
Good King Wenceslas
A Mexican “Mystery” seen by Bayard Taylor
Breaking the Piñate
Christmas upon a Greenland Iceberg
Luther’s Christmas Carol for Children
The Good Night in Spain
A Christmas Tree in Japan
FOOTNOTES:
From Far Away
Lordings, listen to our Lay
Where the Christmas Toys Come From
The Making of a Christmas Doll
Irina’s Day on the Estates
A Visit from St. Nicholas
The Cratchits’ Christmas Dinner
After the Christmas Dinner
Hang up the Baby’s Stocking
A German Christmas
Crowded Out
An English “Adoration”
The Children’s Own Saint
The Befana Fair in Rome
The Golden Carol
Babouscka
The Three Kings
Christmas Peace
Transcriber’s Notes
