PART I. STORIES CHILDREN CAN READ

CHRISTMAS AT THE HOLLOW TREE INN 3

THE PROMISE 12

A BOY’S VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS 18

THE CHRISTMAS KINGS 28

THE CHRISTMAS CAKE 39

THE DOLL’S WISH 43

THE CHRISTMAS SPRUCE TREE 48

A LITTLE ROMAN SHEPHERD 52

THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE NURSERY 57

THE STARS AND THE CHILD 59

THE STRANGER CHILD 61

THE STAR SONG 63

THE VISIT OF THE WISHING MAN 64

KRISS KRINGLE 80

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM 81

NUTCRACKER AND MOUSE KING 83

A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS 104

CHRISTMAS IN MANY LANDS 108