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...Want to spread a little Christmas magic and joy with your children this Christmas, then this is the book for you. Written so that children will understand and enjoy from a very small age, even if read to. It introduces the history of certain Chri...

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...'We know the big jolly elf who wears a red suit, black boots and has a snowy white beard as Santa Claus. He sets off from the North Pole every Christmas Eve, where he lives with the elves and Mrs Claus, in his sleigh pulled by his team of faithful reindeer and lands softly on the roofs of houses and then magically jumps down the chimneys (or climbs through the windo...

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... ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ 5 THE CHRISTMAS STAR 8 LITTLE DONKEY 11 THE CHRISTMAS STORY OF THE BIRTH 13 AWAY IN A MANGER 16 SILENT NIGHT 17 THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE 18 O CHRISTMAS TREE 21 O CHRISTMAS TREE, O CHRISTMAS TREE, 2...

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...ing to ride a bicycle—various rules and regulations, essential customs and traditions all so familiar and natural, pushing up from her memory, asserti... ...he answer a second before Bari piped up. "Are you still going to be around Christmas, Mr. Kane?" He solemnly nodded. "If it is Allah's will, yes." "So... ...him an indulgent grin and nodded. "Then yes, I suppose I will come to your Christmas dinner." "Goody!" Aziza clapped. "Told you he was coming, doofus....

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...dvent and reign, as it is written in the Holy Scriptures; enabling me to cast aside the traditions upon this subject which I had received from the fa... ...d himself, as oft his manner is, plunged me into the fight whether I would or not. Last Christmas, which fell upon a Sabbath, purposing to warn my f... ...the Holy Scriptures; and which, after several months of secret meditation, I began last Christmas, with all discretion and with fear and trembling, ... ... to bring this labour of love to completion, purposing to offer it to the Church as our Christmas Offering, which was only hindered by a very remark... ... concerning a personal Antichrist, which my author rejects, having found it amongst the traditions of the Church, encrusted with all manner of rust a... ...also do the gropings of the spirit after God, if haply she might find him, with all the traditions of a primitive religion, institutions of temples,... ...God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. xv. 55-57. Christmas Day, 1826. P.S. —I have said, that this ... ...6. P.S. —I have said, that this work was to have been laid on the altar as my Christmas offering to the Church; and in the body of this Pr... ...lves, scribes, pharisees, and lawyers, knew only the Messiah described in the books and traditions of men; it was as it were a consequence inevitable...

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...o? There’re no damn power stations anymore; this place looks like a giant Christmas tree! Nice job with the snipers too, I could see them from a mil... ...” De- spite being 52 years old, Talbot was as excited as a young child on Christmas day. Vincent walked over to Talbot and Andromeda and raised his ... ...nything,” the driver commented in a tone that would beft a young child on Christmas day. “If he survives,” Crisco commented in one of the most pes- s... ... this group, so their kids were re- quired to learn the language and other traditions of their Native American ancestors. “Shawn, you’re not cowards....

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...ency, but it was beautifully appointed and the interior tastefully decorated according to French traditions. Blanche and her husband were standing ... ... the harem lady, she reflected on the fascination of India, its climate, its history, its ancient traditions and wondered, not for the first time, h... ...es occurred, these were repaired immediately, despite heavy enemy fire. It was a few days before Christmas. The women had tried to bring some festi...

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...t among us all, When time hangs heavy in the hall, And snow comes thick at Christmas-tide, And we can neither hunt, nor ride A foray on the Scottish s... ...d, Sir Knight, the grisly sire, In his unwonted wild attire; Unwonted, for traditions run, He seldom thus beheld the sun. ‘I know,’ he said—his voice ... ...ng day. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH. TO RICHARD HEBER, ESQ. Mertoun House, Christmas. Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it w... ...ore wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest ti... ...ires of old Loved, when the year its course had rolled, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... ...table train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night; On Christmas Eve the bells were rung; On Christmas Eve the mass was sung; That...

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...arkle with ecstasy through his letters, and he was a capital dancer in the Christmas parties at his London home. He had likewise the courage and patie... ...845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. AFTER the Christmas holidays of 1837-8, when Coley Patteson was nearly eleven years o... ...ing description! But this was nothing to the wild pranks that lived in the traditions of the elder generation; and in a few years more the boys were d... ... rocks, boated, fished, and ran exquisitely wild in the summer holi- days. Christmas was spent with the Judge’s mother at Ipswich, amongst numerous co... ...e journey to London was a great fatigue to an invalid, her desire to spend Christmas in Devonshire led to her remaining there with her daughters, when... ...sooner than his brother and sisters. The whole family spent their mournful Christmas at Thorverton Rectory, with Dr. and Mrs. Coleridge and their daug... ... the same time the whole genius loti, the venerable build- ings with their traditions, the eminence secured by intellect and industry, the pride that ... ...lder Fellows of the College at that time, that so great an inroad upon old traditions should have been made with such an entire absence of provocation... ...arly low ebb in the county, and there is not a neighbourhood which has not traditions of incredibly igno- rant, careless and underbred—if not dissipat...

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...r in his happy countenance, that was created by the thoughts of home and a Christmas fireside, with its Christmas frolics. The sleigh was one of those... ...nst muster courage enough to stand fire, I will give thee a saddle for thy Christmas dinner.” The black drew up, with a cheerful grin upon his chilled... ... no,” said the old roan, shaking his head; “I have work to do at home this Christmas eve—drive on with the boy, and let your doctor look to the should... ... bruises, and it’s likelier than not he’ll be in with brooms to sweep your Christmas ha’arths.” “Stop, stop,” cried the youth, catching the arm of the... ...he shot extracted, and bring you up to-night a quarter of the buck for the Christmas dinner.” He was interrupted by the hunter, who held up his finger... ...e knowing in small matters of physic. They hand these things down in their traditions. Now in cancers and hydrophoby they are quite ingenious. I will ... ...n the olden time, Dickon. Most of the American genealogists commence their traditions like the sto- ries for children, with three brothers, taking esp...

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...re to be happy, no blessed holidays, but only fresh cares at Midsummer and Christmas, being the inevitable seasons which bring us bills instead of ple... ... preference, and would not speak too well of them. It is curious how these traditions endure. In France, at the present moment, the En- glishman on th...

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...oubtless have arrived by a short cut at the very summit of popu larity. But traditions and rumours all taken into account, who so abets me in every f... ...ogether! Of all days in the year I rejoice to think that it should have been Christmas Day, with which from childhood we asso ciate something friendl... ...ht it into my head to wonder what kind of people dined alone in Taverns upon Christmas Day. Solitary men are accustomed, I suppose, unconsciously to l... ...y, and he relapsed into his former posture. His mind was wandering among old Christmas days, I thought. Many of them sprung up together, not with a lo... ...d gone home; and his representative, a poor, lean, hungry man, was keep ing Christmas in his jacket. I grew still more interested in my friend. His d... ...oic ing common to us all. It is a birthday, perhaps, or per haps it may be Christmas time; but be it what it may, there is rare holiday among us; we...

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... and Gilbert seemed to enjoy it; but by the time he had heard all her oral traditions of the war by way of notes, his attendance began to slacken; he ... ...ung Step-Mother CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER VI VI VI VI VI THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS did indeed put an end to the walks to meet Gilbert, but ... ...ven Mr. Kendal was alarmed. Sophia’s birthday fell in the last week before Christmas, and it had always been the family custom to drink tea with Mrs. ... ...en no one as yet, and she is so determined that you cannot come till after Christmas, that she does not expect you.’ Miss Meadows began one of her tan... ...hand a most happy affectionate letter from Gilbert, detailing the Fairmead Christmas fes- tivities. She felt the invigoration of change of room, admir... ... party. T o this Albinia pettishly replied that the girls were to go to no Christmas parties without her; Miss Meadows had taken it very much to heart...

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...us Mr. Robert Chambers of Edinburgh, who has recorded with much spirit the traditions of the Good Town, and, in other publications, largely and agreea... ...ed pounds a-year of rent, while, in fact, he had a lurk- ing belief in the traditions of his forefathers. After my usual manner, I made farther enquir... ...aggerated marvel with which superstition has attired it in the more vulgar traditions. [The Black Dwarf, now almost forgotten, was once held a formida... ...is native heaths, had it not happened near a spot, which, according to the traditions of the country, was in extremely bad fame, as haunted by superna... ...rence, which are already so visible, this first fervour will be as cold as Christmas. So, as I was determined to go the vole, I have taken care you sh...

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...e place, and had hardly been content to spend ten days there every year at Christmas. ‘I think it should be done,’ she said solemnly. ‘One cannot quit... ...lverbridge. ‘I think he will go. I’ve no doubt about it. He is to go after Christmas.’ ‘And will give up his seat?’ The Duke did not answer her immedi... ...rum Castle and see the guests whom the Duchess had collected there for her Christmas festivities. The hospitality of the Duke’s house had been maintai... ... leave him?’ This was said to Phineas Finn by his wife a day or two before Christmas, and the question was introduced to ask whether Phineas Finn thou... ...id nothing about your going anywhere.’ ‘You will have to go,—as soon after Christmas as you may be fit.’ ‘But where is Guatemala;—and for how long, Fe... ...think you are Quixotic. A Prime Minister is of all men bound to follow the traditions of his country, or, when he leaves them, to leave them with very... ...dity of sending it. Who was he that he should venture to set aside all the traditions of office? A Pitt or a Peel or a Palmerston might have done so, ... ... to take it. In such a condition should he have not have been bound by the traditions of office, bound by the advice of one so experienced and so true... ...so true as the Duke of St Bungay? And for whom had he broken through these traditions and thrown away this advice? For a man who had no power what- ev...

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...invariably do as we said. That, in his phrase- ology, was “maintaining the traditions of the school.” He had indeed an effect not of a man directing a... ...my private dreams, partly because I was a little antagonised by the family traditions 59 H G Wells that ran through the school. I was made to feel at... ...derneath, ‘With which is incorporated the Observer.’ That picks up the old traditions, makes an appeal to old boys and all that, and it gives us somet... ... what I should do; they felt I had reserves of experience and incalculable traditions. Close to us were the Cramptons, Willie Crampton, who has since ... ...e group of younger Liberals to which I be- longed was very ignorant of the traditions and qualities of our older leaders, and quite out of touch with ... ...’n pretty phrase—attractive. Suitable for p’litical dec’rations. Postcard, Christmas, gilt lets, in a wreath of white flow’s. Not oth’wise valu’ble.” ...

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...e study when you two badgers would have stuck Stalky & Co up brackets and Christmas cards. Child of a noble race, trained by surrounding art, stop re... ... the form. “Extraordinary! Most extraordinary! However, each house has its traditions, with which I would not for the world in- terfere. We have a pre... ...’ heads, in a lofty and promiscuous style, of public-school spirit and the traditions of ancient seats; for he always improved an occasion. Beyond wak... ...shed to know whether Beetle took it upon himself personally to conduct the traditions of the school. His zeal for knowledge ate up another fifteen min...

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... the next exami- nation, which, from various causes, was to come after the Christmas holidays; and it would be well if he could even succeed in the su... ...ked for,’ he added, in a lower voice. ‘I did not think to have had another Christmas here.’ The silence lasted for the few moments till the carriage d... ...or him, and I am sure their rate of living must make him feel pinched this Christmas.’ ‘Whew! He will be in a sweeter humour than ever!’ ‘I have been ... ... feastings of district visitors, soirees for Sun- day-school teachers, and Christmas-trees for their scholars. Such a universal favourite as Harry, wi... ...orough had always hitherto been equally distasteful. Yet be submitted to a Christmas course of music, carpet-dances, and jeux de societe on the one ha... ...ies of their life; while Ethel and Gertrude listened to and laughed at the traditions of a sunnier, gayer, and more reck- less age than their own; and...

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... waters. Carol’s family were self-sufficient in their inventive life, with Christmas a rite full of surprises and tenderness, and “dressing-up parties... ...all the sound of birdies in the nest, and Easter church-bells, and frosted Christmas cards. Inter- nally she snarled, “That ought to be saccharine eno... ...eye” pictures, of birch-trees, news- boys, puppies, and church-steeples on Christmas Eve; with a plaque depicting the Exposition Building in Minneapo-... ..., we ought to mend them first and make them as presentable as we can? Next Christmas when the Thanatopsis makes its dis- tribution, wouldn’t it be jol... ...birth and the soil. I read the French and German of sentimental lovers and Christmas garlands. And 199 Sinclair Lewis I thought that it was I who had... ...g popular stories and seeing plays, asserted Carol, she had found only two traditions of the American small town. The first tradition, repeated in sco... ...and Sam Clark there would be no reason for desiring the town to seek great traditions. It is the Harry Haydocks, the Dave Dyers, the Jackson Elders, s...

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...te atheist, I defied God, and so far as God is the mere sanction of social traditions and pres- sures, a mere dressing up of the crowd’s will in canon... ... with a wriggle black was loose and had closed again. Inspired by the best traditions of chivalry Benham came to her assistance. He was not expert wit... ...ificent 11 11 11 11 11 When a man has found and won his mate then the best traditions demand a lyrical interlude. It should be possible to tell, in th... ...d at the best hotel of Locarno in golden November weather, and just before Christmas they turned their faces back to England. Benham’s plans were comp... ...id not see Amanda again until after the birth of their child. He spent his Christmas in Moscow, watching the outbreak, the fitful fighting and the sub... ...slightly pot-bound, so to speak, in the ancient characters and the ancient traditions, but for all that, they know, they have, what all the rest of th...

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...work on the Astral Regions, has never been published; it is among the oral traditions left by Swedenborg to the three disciples who were nearest to hi... ... the child began to pray; prayer is her life. You saw her in the church at Christmas, the only day on which she comes there; she is separated from the...

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...or lying flat on the stones, or passionately kissing the spots which their traditions have consecrated as the authentic places of the Saviour’s suffer... ...very quickly; and whose unro- mantic end is, to be laid on a Michaelmas or Christmas table, and there to be discussed for half-an-hour—let us hope, wi...