| Preface
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i
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| Introduction
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iii
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I
ORIGIN
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| Is there a Santa Claus? . . F.P. Church
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3
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| O Little Town of Bethlehem . . Phillips Brooks
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5
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| The Glad Evangel . . Kate Douglas Wiggin
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7
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| The Shepherds . . William Drummond
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8
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| A Christmas Carol . . James Russell Lowell
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9
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| A Christmas Hymn . . Alfred Domett
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10
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| Sons of the Morning . . Reginald Heber
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12
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| God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen . . Dinah Maria Mulock
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13
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| The Christmas Silence . . Margaret Deland
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14
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| A Christmas Lullaby . . John Addington Symonds
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15
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| Hymn for the Nativity . . Edward Thring
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16
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| Masters in the Hall . . Anonymous
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18
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| The Adoration of the Wise Men . . Cecil Frances Alexander
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20
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| The Shepherds in Judea . . Mary Austin
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21
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| Christmas Carol . . James S. Park
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23
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| Neighbors of the Christ Night . . Nora Archibald Smith
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24
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| Cradle Hymn . . Isaac Watts
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25
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| An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour . . Robert Herrick
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27
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| Christmas Song . . Edmund Hamilton Sears
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28
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| A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour . . Ben Jonson
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29
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| The Shepherd's Song . . Edmund Bolton
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30
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| A Christmas Carol . . Aubrey de Vere
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32
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| A Christmas Hymn . . Anonymous
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33
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| Christmas Day . . Charles Wesley
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35
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| Christmas . . Anonymous
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36
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| Christmas . . Nahum Tate
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37
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| "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night" . . Margaret Deland
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38
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| The Star Song . . Robert Herrick
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39
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| Colonial Christmases . . Alice Morse Earle
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41
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| The Angels . . William Drummond
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43
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| Hymn for Christmas . . Felicia Hemans
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44
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| New Prince, New Pomp . . Robert Southwell
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45
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| The Three Kings . . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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46
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| Hymn on the Nativity . . John Milton
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49
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II
CELEBRATION
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| Christmas Eve at Mr. Wardle's . . Charles Dickens
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63
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| A Visit from St. Nicholas . . Clement C. Moore
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68
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| A Christmas Piece . . Fred S. Cozzens
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73
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| Wassailer's Song . . Robert Southwell
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75
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| Christmas Eve . . Hamilton Wright Mabie
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77
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| Christmas in the Olden Time . . Walter Scott
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84
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| Sly Santa Claus . . Mrs. C. S. Stone
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86
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| The Waits . . Margaret Deland
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88
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| The Knighting of the Sirloin . . Anonymous
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89
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| The Christmas Goose at the Cratchits' . . Charles Dickens
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91
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| God Bless Us Every One . .James Whitcomb Riley
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94
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| Bells Across the Snow . . Frances Ridley Havergal
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95
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| Christmas Bells . . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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96
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| Minstrels and Maids . . . . . William Morris
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98
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| Inexhaustibility of the Subject of Christmas . . Leigh Hunt
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101
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| Song of the Holly . . . . William Shakespeare
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108
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| Under the Holly-Bough . . . . Charles Mackay
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109
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| Ceremonies for Christmas . . . . Robert Herrick
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110
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| Santa Claus . . . Anonymous
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111
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| The Ceremonies for Christmas Day . . Robert Herrick
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112
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| December . . Harriet F. Blodgett
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113
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| The Festival of St. Nicholas . .Mary Mapes Dodge
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115
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| The Christmas Holly . . . Eliza Cook
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123
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| To the Fir-Tree . . . From the German
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125
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| The Mahogany-Tree . . William Makepeace Thackeray
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125
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| Christmas . . Washington Irving
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129
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| Church Decking At Christmas . . .William Wordsworth
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137
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| So, Now is Come Our Joyful’st Feast . . George Wither
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138
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| Fairy Faces . . . . Anonymous
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140
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| Merry Christmas . . Anonymous
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141
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| A Merry Christmas to You . . Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
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143
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| Christmas Bells . . Anonymous
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147
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| The Birth of Christ . . . . . Alfred Tennyson
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151
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| The Christmas Carol . . . William Wordsworth
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152
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| Christmas At Fezziwig’s Warehouse . .Charles Dickens
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155
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| Christmas Bells . . .., John Keble
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158
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III
SIGNIFICANCE AND SPIRIT
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| A Christmas Carmen . . . . John G. Whittier
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161
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| The Spirit of Christmas . . . . Charles Dickens
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162
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| On Good Wishes At Christmas . . . . . Friswell
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165
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| A Christmas Song . . . . William Cox Bennett
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168
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| Sery . . ...... Richard Watson Gilder
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169
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| A Christmas Song . . . . . . Tudor Jenks
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170
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| Christmas . . ....... Alexander Smith
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171
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| Christmas Carol . . ..... Phillips Brooks
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179
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| The End of the Play . . William Makepeace Thackeray
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180
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| Christ’s Nativity . . .... Henry Vaughan
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184
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| Christmas Dreams . . . . . Christopher North
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186
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| Keeping Christmas . . .... Henry Van Dyke
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204
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| Mark Well My Heavy, Doleful Tale . . .......... Anonymous
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206
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| A Christmas Carol . . . . . Christina G. Rossetti
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208
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| The Glorious Song of Old . . . Edmund H. Sears
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209
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| A Christmas Carol for Children . .......... Martin Luther
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211
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| On Santa Claus . . . . . George A. Baker.
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213
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| A Christmas Carol . . ...... Josiah Gilbert Holland
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219
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| An Offertory . . ..... Mary Mapes Dodge
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220
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| Christmas Song . . ,... Lydia A. C. Ward
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220
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| A Christmas Carol . . .... Christian Burke
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221
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| A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner . . ............ H. H.
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223
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| A Ballade of Old Loves . . . . Carolyn Wells
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227
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| Ballade of Christmas Ghosts . . . Andrew Lang
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228
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| Hang Up the Baby’s Stocking . . ......
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230
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| The Newest Thing in Christmas Carols . . ......... Anonymous
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231
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| A Christmas Letter From Australia . . ......... Douglas Sladen
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232
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| Christmas . . ...... Rose Terry Cooke
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235
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IV
STORIES
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| The Fir Tree . . . . Hans Christian Andersen
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241
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| Little Roger’s Night in the Church . .......... Susan Coolidge
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256
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| Mr. Bluff’s Experiences of Holidays . . ........ Oliver Bell Bunce
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270
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| Santa Claus At Simpson’s Bar . . . Bret Harte
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282
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V
OLD CAROLS AND EXERCISES
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| God Rest You Merry Gentlemen . . .....
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297
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| Old Christmas Returned . . .......
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301
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| Christmas Carol . . ..........
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302
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| In Excelsis Gloria . . ..........
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303
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| The Boar’s Head Carol . . .......
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304
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| Christmas Carol . . ..........
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304
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| ADDITIONAL PIECES
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| A Christmas Insurrection . . . . Anne P. L. Field
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311
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| The Night After Christmas . . . Anne P. L. Field
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313
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| When the Stars of Morning Sang . . .......... Anne P. L. Field
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316
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| A Prayer at Bethlehem . . . . Anne P. L. Field
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317
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| The Christmas Fires . . . . . Anne P. L. Field
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317
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| The Mother (A Story) . . Robert Haven Schauffler
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321
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