The Christmas Tree
A true story by Gloria Swain December 1993, Christmas was fast approaching. It was the 23rd of December and
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Stories
A diverse collection of Christmas stories from around the world
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter 1862-1910) One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it
Read MoreA Little Women Christmas
An excerpt from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) The door of Scrooge’s counting-house was open that he might keep his eye upon his clerk,
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A Christmas Tree
I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy,
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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
From the Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897 We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at
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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Far down in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a
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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) It was wintertime; the air was cold, the wind sharp, but indoors all was snug
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The Snow Man
“It is so delightfully cold,” said the Snow Man, “that it makes my whole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow life into one. How that great red thing up there is staring at me!” He meant the sun, who was just setting. “It shall not make me wink. I shall manage to keep the pieces.”
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