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Table of Contents:THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES .........................................................1I. CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG’S WAREHOUSE...............................................................4CHARLES DICKENS.............................................................................................................4II. THE FIR-TREE ..................................................................................................................4HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN..........................................................................................4III. THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE...............................................................................8MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN...........................................................................................8IV. THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS ......................................................................13ADAPTED FROM THE BIBLE...........................................................................................13V. THE TELLTALE TILE....................................................................................................13OLIVE THORNE MILLER..................................................................................................13VI. LITTLE GIRL’S CHRISTMAS WINNIFRED E. LINCOLN .......................................17WINNIFRED E. LINCOLN..................................................................................................17VII. “A CHRISTMAS MATINEE” ......................................................................................19MRS. M.A.L. LANE .............................................................................................................19VIII. TOINETTE AND THE ELVES...................................................................................23SUSAN COOLIDGE.............................................................................................................23IX. THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP.....................................................................28RUTH SAWYER DURAND ................................................................................................28X. A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD..............................................................................31ELIZABETH HARKISON ...................................................................................................31XI. JIMMY SCARECROW’S CHRISTMAS.......................................................................33MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN.........................................................................................33XII. WHY THE CHIMES RANG.........................................................................................36RAYMOND MC ALDEN.....................................................................................................36XIII. THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS.........................................................................................38F. E. MANN ..........................................................................................................................38XIV. THE LITTLE SISTER’S VACATION........................................................................40WINIFRED M. KIRKLAND ................................................................................................40XV. LITTLE WOLFF’S WOODEN SHOES .......................................................................44FOSTER ................................................................................................................................44XVI. CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY...................................................................................46OLIVE THORNE MILLER..................................................................................................46XVII. A CHRISTMAS STAR...............................................................................................50KATHERINE PYLE .............................................................................................................50XVIII. THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS ..............................................................................52GRACE MARGARET GALLAHER....................................................................................52XIX. OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS .....................................................................................57J.H. EWING ..........................................................................................................................57XX. A CHRISTMAS CAROL..............................................................................................61CHARLES DICKENS...........................................................................................................61XXI. HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS ...............................62ELIA W. PEATTIE...............................................................................................................62XXII. THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA ............................................................................65ADAPTED FROM THE RUSSIAN .....................................................................................65XXIII. CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN ..................................................................................66F. ARNSTEIN .......................................................................................................................66XXIV. THE PHILANTHROPIST’S CHRISTMAS .............................................................67JAMES WEBER LINN.........................................................................................................67XXV. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE..............................................................................72BY LUCY WHEELOCK ......................................................................................................72XXVI. THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS .........................................................73G. L. STONE AND M. G. FICKETT ...................................................................................73XXVI. THE CRATCHITS’ CHRISTMAS DINNER...........................................................76CHARLES DICKENS...........................................................................................................76XXVII. CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX...................................................79ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON...........................................................................79XXVIII. CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW .....................................................................82OLIVE THORNE MILLER..................................................................................................82XXIX. MR. BLUFF’S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS....................................................85OLIVER BELL BUNCE.......................................................................................................86MASTER SANDY’S SNAPDRAGON ................................................................................88ELDRIDGE S. BROOKS......................................................................................................88XXXI. A CHRISTMAS FAIRY ...........................................................................................92JOHN STRANGE WINTER.................................................................................................92XXXII THE GREATEST OF THESE..................................................................................94JOSEPH MILLS HANSON ..................................................................................................94XXXIII. LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE............................................98ELIZABETH HARRISON....................................................................................................98XXXIV. CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE ........................................................................102THEODORE GOODRIDGE ROBERTS............................................................................102