The Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories

383 pp. CONTENTS: Who Is Santa Claus?; Bertram and the Reindeer; Surprise, by Laura Ingalls Wilder; The Friendly Beasts, Twelfth Century Carol; How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree; The Wooden Shoe of Little Wolff; The Christmas Apple; The Christmas Spider, Polish Folk Tale Retold by Marguerite de Angeli; Santa Claus and the Mouse; Oscar's Christmas Party; Christmas in the Piney Woods; The Little Green Elf's Christmas; All Aboard for Christmas; The Fir Tree, Retold from Hans Christian Andersen; Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas; Fulfilled; Jingle Bells; The Christmas Sleigh Ride; Saint Nicholas in Holland, from "Hans Brinker" by Mary Mapes Dodge; A Song for Saint Nicholas; The Dwarf and the Cobbler's Sons; The Christmas Tree in the Nursery; The Peterkins' Christmas Tree; The Piping on Christmas Eve; A Pinata for Pepita; Jest 'fore Christmas; The Little Blue Dishes; Good King Wenceslas; Little Dog Toby's Christmas, The Three Kings, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Why Holly Berries are Red; The Lights on the Christmas Tree; The Poor Count's Christmas; Tiny Tim, by Charles Dickens; The Promise; A Legend of the Christmas Tree; Christmas Morning; The Christmas Bear; How Old Mr. Long-Tail Became a Santa Claus; The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore; The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen; Hanka's Star-Night; The Christmas Tree; Christmas Cherries; The Penny Walk; The Jar of Rosemary; The Twelve Presents; Peter Pocket's Christmas; The Christmas That was Nearly Lost; Deck the Halls; The Christmas Cupboard; Candies to Make; Cookies to Bake; Trimming the Tree; Games to Play; Songs to Sing.