Christmas Stories

  • The Gift of the Magi, by O.Henry.
  • The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame.
  • Good Stories for Great Holidays, by Frances Olcott Jenkins (1914)
  • Little Piccola, after Celia Thaxter
  • The Stranger Child: A Legend, by Count Franz Pocci [Translated]
  • The Christmas Rose: An Old Legend, by Lizzie Deas [Adapted]
  • The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff, by François Coppée [Adapted]
  • The Pine Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen [Translated]
  • The Christmas Cuckoo, by Frances Browne [Adapted]
  • The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg: A German Folk-Tale, by J. Stirling Coyne [Adapted]
  • The Three Purses: A Legend, by William S. Walsh [Adapted]
  • The Thunder Oak: A Scandinavian Legend, Willaim S. Walsh and other sources
  • The Christmas Thorn of Glastonbury: A Legend of Ancient Britain, adapted from William of Malmesbury and other sources
  • The Three Kings of Cologne: A Legend of the Middle Ages, by John of Hildesheim; modernized by H.S. Morris [Adapted]
  • Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves: An Old Legend, by Florence Holbrook
  • The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale. A readers' theatre script suggested for grades 3-7. Adapted from the book by Aaron Shepard (Atheneum, New York, 1995).
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