The Christmas Eve Reader

A shorter version of the book [A Christmas Feast]. Contains: Is there a Santa Claus (New York Sun) -- Twelve days of Christmas -- Christmas at Dingley Dell, Charles Dickens -- The little match-girl, Hans Christian Andersen -- Three kings of Orient, John Henry Hokins -- The gift of the Magi, O. Henry -- Silent night, holy night, Joheph Mohr -- Christmas every day, William Dean Howells -- Christmas and New Year bells, Alfred Tennyson -- Down pens, Saki -- Christmas in a village, John Clare -- Christmas with Sir Roger, Joseph Addison -- The sheep herd, Sister Mariella -- I take supper with my wife, Antoine Gustave Droz -- Christmas carol, Sara Teasdale -- [Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle]( Arthur Conan Doyle -- The three ships, Alfred Noyes.