CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ (DETAILED) CONTENTS ]
[ I. ] CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE
[ II. ] THE FIR-TREE*
[ III. ] THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE*
[ IV. ] THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS
[ V. ] THE TELLTALE TILE*
[ VI. ] LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS
[ VII. ] "A CHRISTMAS MATINEE"*
[ VIII. ] TOINETTE AND THE ELVES*
[ IX. ] THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP
[ X. ] A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD*
[ XI. ] JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS
[ XII. ] WHY THE CHIMES RANG*
[ XIII. ] THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS
[ XIV. ] THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION*
[ XV. ] LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES
[ XVI. ] CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY*
[ XVII. ] A CHRISTMAS STAR*
[ XVIII. ] THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS*
[ XIX. ] OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS
[ XX. ] A CHRISTMAS CAROL
[ XXI. ] HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS*
[ XXII. ] THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA*
[ XXIII. ] CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN*
[ XXIV. ] THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS*
[ XXV. ] THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE
[ XXVI. ] THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS*
[ XXVII. ] THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER
[ XXVIII. ] CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX*
[ XXIX. ] CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW*
[ XXX. ] MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS*
[ XXXI. ] MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON*
[ XXXII. ] A CHRISTMAS FAIRY*
[ XXXIII. ] THE GREATEST OF THESE*
[ XXXIV. ] LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE*
[ XXXV. ] CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE*
(DETAILED) CONTENTS
(Note.—The stories marked with a star (*) will be most enjoyed by
younger children; those marked with a two stars (**) are better suited
to older children.)
Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse. By Charles Dickens
* The Fir-Tree. By Hans Christian Andersen
The Christmas Masquerade. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
* The Shepherds and the Angels. Adapted from the Bills
** The Telltale Tile. By Olive Thorne Miller
* Little Girl's Christmas. By Winnifred E. Lincoln
** A Christmas Matinee. By M.A.L. Lane
* Toinette and the Elves. By Susan Coolidge
The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap. By Ruth Sawyer Durand
* A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve). As
told by
Elizabeth Harrison
* Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Why the Chimes Rang. By Raymond McAlden
The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact). By F.E. Mann
** The Little Sister's Vacation. By Winifred M. Kirkland
* Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes. By Francois Coppee, adapted and
translated by
Alma J. Foster
** Christmas in the Alley. By Olive Thorne Miller
* A Christmas Star. By Katherine Pyle
** The Queerest Christmas. By Grace Margaret Gallaher
Old Father Christmas. By J.H. Ewing
A Christmas Carol. By Charles Dickens
How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats. By Elia W. Peattie
The Legend of Babouscka. From the Russian Folk Tale
* Christmas in the Barn. By F. Arnstein
The Philanthropist's Christmas. By James Weber Linn
* The First Christmas-Tree. By Lucy Wheelock
The First New England Christmas. By G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner. By Charles Dickens
Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six. By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
* Christmas Under the Snow. By Olive Thorne Miller
Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays. By Oliver Bell Bunce
** Master Sandy's Snapdragon. By Elbridge S. Brooks
A Christmas Fairy. By John Strange Winter
The Greatest of These. By Joseph Mills Hanson
* Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe. By Elizabeth Harrison
** Big Rattle. By Theodore Goodridge Roberts