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CHRISTMAS STORIES AND LEGENDS - The Original Classic Christmas Stories (Christmas Fiction) COMPILED BY PHEBE A. CURTISS Author of "White Gifts for the King" Annotated with Full Christmas History and Illustrated.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
THE LEGEND OF THE "WHITE GIFTS"
As Told by Phebe A. Curtiss
HER BIRTHDAY DREAM
By Nellie C. King
THE FIR TREE
Adapted by J. H. Stickney
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS*
Nora A. Smith
THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE*
By Lucy Wheelock
LITTLE JEAN*
A Christmas Story
HOW THE FIR TREE BECAME THE CHRISTMAS TREE*
By Aunt Hede, in "Kindergarten Magazine"
THE MAGI IN THE WEST AND THEIR SEARCH FOR THE CHRIST*
A Tale for the Christmas-Tide
By Frederick E. Dewhurst
The Mountain of Vision
A Stranger Cometh
And Findeth a Friend
A Far-off Pilgrimage Recalled
If Only Balthazar Were Here
A Song in the Air
Forget Not Hospitality
Once More a Star
The Star Stands Still
Marbled Aisle's Magnificence
Kyrie Eleison
We Must Follow the Star
The Just Shall Live by Faith
More Light Shall Break Forth
Thy Sacramental Liturgies
The Joy of Doing Good
The Paths Converge
Once More the Quest
He That Loveth Knoweth God
For God Is Love
LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE*
By Elizabeth Harrison
THE LITTLE SHEPHERD*
By Maud Lindsay
BABOUSCKA*
Russian Legend
THE BOY WITH THE BOX
By Mary Griggs Van Voorhis
THE WORKER IN SANDALWOOD*
By Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
THE SHEPHERD WHO DIDN'T GO*
By Jay T. Stocking
PAULINA'S CHRISTMAS*
A Story of Russian Life. Adapted from Anna Robinson's Little Paulina
UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN
As Told by Phebe A. Curtiss at a "White Gift" Service
THE STAR*
By Florence M. Kingsley
Christmas History
Etymology
Celebration
Date of celebration
Using the Julian calendar
Commemorating Jesus' birth
Decorations
Music and carols
Food
Cards
Stamps
Gift giving
Legendary gift-bringing figures
History
Pre-Christian background
Mosaic of Jesus as Christo Sole(Christ the Sun) in Mausoleum M in the pre-fourth-century necropolis under St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Winter festivals
Christianity
Feast established
Middle Ages
Reformation into the 19th century
Controversy and criticism
Economics
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