The Christmas Story Author:Carol J. Haile, Freiman F. Stoltzfus A book for the young and old alike, this is a retelling of the first Christmas. Using words taken directly from the Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. Luke, the book is set in the farmlands of the Amish community. The story is told in fraktur, the scrip of the early Pennsylvania Germans, and illustrated with scenes from everyday Amish life.