Archive for December, 2008

The Telltale Tile – Olive Thorne Miller

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

THE TELLTALE TILE* by OLIVE THORNE MILLER * From “Kristy’s Queer Christmas,” Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904. It begins with a bit of gossip of a neighbour who had come in to see M more

The Shepherds and the Angels – Adapted from the Bible

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS Adapted from THE BIBLE And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. And an angel of the Lord stood by th more

The Christmas Masquerade – Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE* by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN * From “The Pot of Gold , copyright by Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Co. On Christmas Eve the Mayor’s stately mansion presented a beautif more

The Fir-Tree – Hans Christian Andersen

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

THE FIR-TREE* by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN *Reprinted by permission of the Houghton-Mifflin Company. Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir-tree. The place he had was a very good one; the sun shone on more

Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse – Charles Dickens

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG’S WAREHOUSE by CHARLES DICKENS “Yo Ho! my boys,” said Fezziwig. “No more work to-night! Christmas Eve, Dick! Christmas, Ebenezer! Let’s have the shu more