CONTENTS
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THE CANDLE IN THE FOREST Temple Bailey | [3] |
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CHRISTMAS ON THE SINGING RIVER Jefferson Lee Harbour | [22] |
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THE SHEPHERD WHO WATCHED BY NIGHT Thomas Nelson Page | [38] |
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CHRISTMAS AT THE TRIMBLES’ Ruth McEnery Stuart | [55] |
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THE GIFT OF THE MANGER Edith Barnard Delano | [77] |
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GOD REST YOU, MERRY CHRISTIANS George Madden Martin | [92] |
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TO SPRINGVALE FOR CHRISTMAS Zona Gale | [106] |
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EMMY JANE’S CHRISTMAS Julia B. Tenney | [118] |
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DAVID’S STAR OF BETHLEHEM Christine Whiting Parmenter | [122] |
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A GOD IN ISRAEL Norman Duncan | [141] |
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VAN VALKENBERG’S CHRISTMAS GIFT Elizabeth G. Jordan | [171] |
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A BEGGAR’S CHRISTMAS Edith Wyatt | [187] |
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A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY William J. Locke | [201] |
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A CHRISTMAS CONFESSION Agnes McClelland Daulton | [222] |
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THE DAY OF DAYS Elsie Singmaster | [235] |
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HOLLY AT THE DOOR Agnes Sligh Turnbull | [247] |
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TEACHER JENSEN Karin Michaelis | [267] |
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HONORABLE TOMMY Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | [279] |
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THE SAD SHEPHERD Henry van Dyke | [301] |
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CHRISTMAS BREAD Kathleen Norris | [327] |
CHRISTMAS IN MODERN STORY
THE CANDLE IN THE FOREST[1]
Temple Bailey
The Small Girl’s mother was saying, “The onions will be silver, and the carrots will be gold——”
“And the potatoes will be ivory,” said the Small Girl, and they laughed together.
The Small Girl’s mother had a big white bowl in her lap, and she was cutting up vegetables. The onions were the hardest, because one cried a little over them.
“But our tears will be pearls,” said the Small Girl’s mother, and they laughed at that and dried their eyes, and found the carrots much easier, and the potatoes the easiest of all.
Then the Next-Door-Neighbor came in and said, “What are you doing?”