| I. | The Legend of the "White Gifts"—Phebe A. Curtiss | [9] |
| II. | Her Birthday Dream—Nellie C. King | [13] |
| III. | The Fir Tree—Hans Andersen—adapted by J. H. Stickney | [25] |
| IV. | The Little Match Girl—Hans Andersen | [37] |
| V. | Little Piccola—Nora A. Smith | [41] |
| VI. | The Shepherd's Story—Dr. Washington | [47] |
| VII. | The Story of Christmas—Nora A. Smith | [63] |
| VIII. | The Legend of the Christmas Tree—Lucy Wheelock | [69] |
| IX. | Little Jean—French of Francois Coppe. Translated by Nannie Lee Frayser | [71] |
| X. | How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree—Aunt Hede in Kindergarten Magazine | [77] |
| XI. | The Magi in the West and Their Search for the Christ—Frederick E. Dewhurst | [79] |
| XII. | Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe—Elizabeth Harrison | [93] |
| XIII. | The Little Shepherd—Maud Lindsay | [105] |
| IV. | Babouscka—Carolyn S. Bailey | [109] |
| XV. | The Boy with the Box—May Griggs Van Voorhis | [113] |
| XVI. | The Worker in Sandal wood—Marjorie L. C. Pickthall | [125] |
| XVII. | The Shepherd Who Didn't Go—Jay T. Stocking | [135] |
| XVIII. | Paulina's Christmas—Adapted from Anna Robinson's "Little Paulina" | [145] |
| XIX. | Unto Us a Child Is Born—Phebe A. Curtiss | [153] |
| XX. | The Star—Florence M. Kingsley | [159] |