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The Family read-aloud Christmas treasury, selected by Alice Low ; illustrated by Marc Brown

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The Family read-aloud Christmas treasury

selected by Alice Low ; illustrated by Marc Brown

Fifty-four works of well-loved poets and authors comprise this holiday collection

In the week when Christmas comes / Eleanor Farjeon -- Christmas is coming (English rhyme) -- Day before Christmas / Marchette Chute -- December / John Updike -- Dimmest and brightest month am I / Christina Rossetti -- Ramona and the three wise persons / Beverly Cleary -- Trouble with pies / David McCord -- The Christmas pudding (Traditional) -- Duckle, Duckle, Daisy / Leroy F. Jackson -- The elves and the shoemaker / The Brothers Grimm -- The puppy who wanted a boy / Jane Thayer -- Little Tree / E. E. Cummings -- The birth of Jesus / Luke 2:1-20 -- Away in a manger / attributed to Martin Luther -- What you gonna name that pretty little baby? (Spiritual) -- Baboushka (Russian folk tale) -- Jingle bells / James Pierpont -- A present for Santa Claus / Carolyn Haywood -- The more it snows / A. A. Milne -- Snowflakes / Marchette Chute -- Merry Christmas / Aileen Fisher -- The Christmas thief / Jay Williams -- Once there was a snowman / Anonymous -- A sled for Christmas / Jack Prelutsky -- The little blue dishes / Anonymous -- Long, long ago (Anonymous) -- What can I give him? / Christina Rossetti -- How far is it to Bethlehem? / Frances A. Chesterton -- The friendly beasts (English carol) -- Jesus Ahatonhia (Jesus is born) / Father Jean de Bŕefeuf -- Uncle Wiggily's Christmas / Howard R. Garis -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore -- Carol of the Russian children / Anonymous -- The bells / Edgar Allan Poe -- We wish you a Merry Christmas (English carol) -- Wassail Song (English carol) -- The Christmas whale / Roger Duvoisin -- Thank-you note / Judith Viorst -- The tardy Santa Claus / Kate D. Wiggin -- A woman named Mrs. S. Claus / J. Patrick Lewis -- The three magi / Pura Belpŕe -- There was a ship a-sailing (English song) -- Emmet Otter's jug-band Christmas / Russell Hoban -- Christmas carol / Sara Teasdale -- Shepherd's song at Christmas / Langston Hughes -- How we made Christmas / Grey Owl -- The twelve days of Christmas (Traditional) -- A merry literary Christmas / Alice Low -- Christmas every day / William Dean Howells -- An old Christmas greeting / Anonymous -- Merry Christmas / from St. Nicholas Magazine -- Christmas eve / David McCord -- Cobweb Christmas / Shirley Climo -- The joy of giving / John Greenleaf Whittier

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Christmas treasury