The Humpherys Family

A Christmas Treasury of Stories and Poems

Record Added: 3/6/2013
Illustrator James Charlton
Topic Holidays: Christmas
 Collection of Stories
Publisher Galahad Books
ISBN 0883658011   Year 1992
Age Adult   Pages 415
Description Red and green printed dust
 
More than 50 wonderful Christmas tales and poems make this the brightest package of the holiday season. Traditional and modern, funny and touching, these works by great writers shine with Christmas spirit, warmth, and good cheer. Includes works by Tennyson, Longfellow, Dickens, Frost, and many more. It is a wonderful collection of Christmas stories as well as Christmas songs. The stories include the favorites of A Christmas Carol and The Gift of the Magi, but it also includes stories of Christmases in other countries such as Germany, France and Italy.

Contents Include:

  • The Visit of the Wise Men (St. Matthew 2:1-2) 
  • Is There a Santa Claus (New York Sun) 
  • The Water Bus Agatha Christie Mallowan 
  • Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus Laura Ingalls Wilder 
  • Christmas Trees Robert Frost 
  • Valley Forge 24 December 1777 F. Van Wyck Mason 
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas 
  • Christmas at Dingley Dell Charles Dickens 
  • The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus Ogden Nash 
  • A Kidnapped Santa Claus L. Frank Baum 
  • A Child This Day is Born 
  • The Little Match-Girl Hans Christian Anderson 
  • Three Kings of Orient John Henry Hopkins 
  • Christmas Eve Washington Irving 
  • What Child is This? 
  • The Peterkins' Christmas Tree Lucretia P. Hale 
  • Whence Comes This Rush of Wings 
  • How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar Bret Harte 
  • As Joseph Was A-Walking 
  • Words From an Old Spanish Carol Ruth Sawyer 
  • The Christmas Banquet Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  • Silent Night, Holy Night Joseph Mohr 
  • Christmas Every Day William Dean Howells 
  • Christmas; or, the Good Fairy Harriet Beecher Stowe 
  • Down Pens Saki 
  • Cóck-crow at Christmas William Shakespeare 
  • Christmas in a Village John Clare 
  • The Ghost of Christmas Eve J.M. Barrie 
  • Christmas Greeting From a Fairy to a Child Lews Carroll 
  • Christmas and New Year Bells Alfred Tennyson 
  • Christmas at Orchard House Louisa May Alcott 
  • Christmas with Sir Roger Joseph Addison 
  • The Sheep-Herd Sister Mariella 
  • Journey of the Magi T.S. Eliot 
  • The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde 
  • Christmas at Sea Robert Louis Stevenson 
  • Christmas Pie George Wither 
  • The Gift of the Magi O. Henry 
  • Where is Love, There is God Also Leo Tolstoy 
  • Christmas Carol Sara Teasdale 
  • I Take Supper with My Wife Antoine Gustave Droz 
  • The Three Ships -Alfred Noyes 
  • The Story of Bride Vera Walker 
  • The Christmas Dinner Washington Irving 
  • The Peaceful Night John Milton 
  • The Fir Tree Hans Christian Anderson 
  • Christmas Bells Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  • A Christmas Carol in Prose Charles Dickens 
  • The Holy Night Elizabeth Barrett Browning 
  • The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Arthur Conan Doyle

Notes
A Christmas Treasury of Yuletide Stories and Poems, First Edition.
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