Originally published: New York : H.N. Abrams, ©1977.

Born in Bethlehem / St. Luke -- The Three Wise Men / St. Matthew -- The Cherry Tree Carol / Anonymous -- Some say ... / William Shakespeare -- The nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ / Christopher Smart -- A hymn sung as by the shepherds / Richard Crashaw -- That holy thing / George MacDonald -- On the morning of Christ's nativity / John Milton -- A carol for children / Ogden Nash -- The fir tree / Hans Christian Andersen -- A pint of judgment / Elizabeth Morrow -- A miserable, merry Christmas / Lincoln Steffens -- The miraculous staircase / Arthur Gordon -- Our lady's juggler / Anatole France -- Mr. Edwards meets Santa Claus / Laura Ingalls Wilder -- One Christmas Eve / Langston Hughes -- Christmas every day / William Dean Howells -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- The story of the goblins who stole a sexton / Charles Dickens -- My Christmas miracle / Taylor Caldwell -- The legend of the Christmas rose / Selma Lagerlöf -- A Christmas dream, and how it came true / Louisa May Alcott -- Down pens / Saki -- The worst Christmas story / Christopher Morley -- O little town of Bethlehem -- We Three Kings of Orient are -- What child is this? -- It came upon a midnight clear -- Silent night -- Hark! The Herald angels sing -- Angels we have heard on high -- The first Nowell -- Joy to the world! -- The twelve days of Christmas -- O come, all ye faithful -- God rest you merry, gentlemen -- Deck the halls with boughs of holly -- Go tell it on the mountain -- Jingle bells -- Christmas trees / Robert Frost -- Christmas in a village / John Clare -- Christmas Eve at sea / John Masefield -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore -- Christmas greetings from a fairy to a child / Lewis Carroll -- Ceremonies for Christmas / Robert Herrick -- The Mahogany tree / William Makepeace Thackeray -- The boy who laughed at Santa Claus / Ogden Nash -- Mistletoe / Walter de la Mare -- Well, so that is that / W.H. Auden -- Yule's come, and Yule's gane / Anonymous -- Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus / Francis P. Church -- Once on Christmas / Dorothy Thompson -- Christmas on a farm in New York / Theodore Ledyard Cuyler / Christmas in Maine / Robert P. Tristram Coffin -- A surprise for the teacher / Sam Levenson -- A gift of the heart / Norman Vincent Peale -- Christmas this year / Booth Tarkington -- Susie's letter from Santa / Mark Twain -- Fannie Merritt Farmer's Christmas dinner.