CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [Yule-Tide of the Ancients][13]
II. [Yule-Tide in England][30]
III. [Yule-Tide in Germany][55]
IV. [Yule-Tide in Scandinavia][75]
V. [Yule-Tide in Russia][103]
VI. [Yule-Tide in France][120]
VII. [Yule-Tide in Italy][132]
VIII. [Yule-Tide in Spain][148]
IX. [Yule-Tide in America][168]
[Index][199]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Christmas in Naples. An Italian Presepio]
(Page [135])[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
[King Olaf's Christmas][26]
[Serenaded by the Waits][38]
[Toy-Making in Germany][60]
[Decorating the Christmas Tree][64]
[On the Way to Christmas Eve Service in Norway][82]
[A Christmas Bonfire in Russia][110]
[A Christmas Tree in Paris][126]
[A Game of Loto on Christmas Evening in Naples][138]
[Christmas Festivity in Seville][150]
[Lighting the Yule-Log in Colonial Days][178]
[Children of Many Nationalities at ChristmasCelebration in a New York School][192]

CHAPTER I.