The Christmas Collection

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For many people, Christmas is by far the most wonderful time of the year. With all the gifts, decorations, and stories, there are plenty of things that bring people of all ages and walks of life together for the holiday season. Throughout time there have been many timeless Christmas stories written by some of history's greatest authors. This collection includes the following:

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens)

The Chimes (Charles Dickens)

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (Charles Dickens)

The Battle of Life (Charles Dickens)

What Christmas is as We Grow Older (Charles Dickens)

The Wreck of the Golden Mary (Charles Dickens)

A Christmas Tree (Charles Dickens)

The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Clement C. Moore)

The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)

The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde)

Messiah (George Frideric Handel)

Hymn on the Nativity (John Milton)

A Country Christmas (Louisa May Alcott)

The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin)

The Story of the Other Wise Man (Henry Van Dyke)

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E.T.A. Hoffmann)

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The First Christmas of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

The Old Nurse's Story (Elizabeth Gaskell)

Christmas Storms and Sunshine (Elizabeth Gaskell)

A Christmas Sermon (Robert Louis Stevenson)

A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain)

A Kidnapped Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)

The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)

The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Hans Christian Andersen)

The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Andersen)

A Christmas Inspiration (L.M. Montgomery)

A Christmas Mistake (L.M. Montgomery)

Christmas at Red Butte (L.M. Montgomery)

The Christmas Surprise at Enderley Road (L.M. Montgomery)

Papa Panov's Special Christmas (Leo Tolstoy)

At Christmas Time (Anton Chekhov)

The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

The Burglar and the Blizzard (Alice Duer Miller)

The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Christmas Bells (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)