The Book of Christmas Author:Debra Starr (Editor) Collection of holiday verse, prose, and carols — Good tidings of great joy. Cradle song / English carol -- — From the Gospel according to St. Matthew ; From the Gospel according to St. Luke / King James Bible -- — Lo, how a rose e'er blooming / German carol -- — While shepherds watched their flocks by night / Nahum Tate -- — The angels / William ... more »Drummond --
An hymn on the nativity of my Saviour / Ben Jonson --
Once in Royal David's City / Cecil Francis Alexander --
Coventry carol / English carol --
In the bleak midwinter / Christina Rossetti --
The nativity / Henry Vaughan --
Child Jesus / Hans Christian Andersen --
A Christmas carol / Robert Herrick --Silent night / Joseph Mohr --
The morning of Christ's nativity / George Herbert --
Christmas told the merriest tale. From "Lochinvar" / Sir Walter Scott --
From Sketches by Boz / Charles Dickens --
December: Christmas / John Clare --
Christmas greetings / Lewis Carroll --
A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens --
The minstrels / William Wordsworth --
Voices in the mist / Alfred, Lord Tennyson. III. A happy Christmas to all. A Christmas prayer / Robert Louis Stevenson --
From Christmas papers / Washington Irving --
I heard the bells on Christmas day / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --
A little women Christmas / Louisa May Alcott --
My first Christmas tree / Hamlin Garland --
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus / Francis P. Church --
A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore --
The gift of the Magi / O. Henry --
Mrs. Parkins' Christmas eve / Sarah Orne Jewett --