Project Gutenberg 2006-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 327 Curtiss, Phebe A. Christmas Stories And Legends Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. The Legend of the "White Gifts" -- Her Birthday Dream -- The Fir Tree -- The Little Match Girl -- Little Piccola -- The Shepherd's Story -- The Story of Christmas -- The Legend of the Christmas Tree -- Little Jean -- How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree -- The Magi in the West and Their Search for the Christ -- Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe -- The Little Shepherd -- Babouscka -- The Boy with the Box -- The Worker in Sandal wood -- The Shepherd Who Didn't Go -- Paulina's Christmas -- Unto Us a Child Is Born -- The Star. Produced by Stacy Brown Thellend, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Christmas Stories And Legends" by Phebe A. Curtiss is a collection of Christmas-themed tales and legends compiled in the early 20th century. The book encompasses various stories that celebrate the spirit of Christmas through themes of generosity, kindness, and the significance of the holiday, centering around traditional figures such as the Christ child, Santa Claus, and beloved characters from folklore. The opening portion of the collection includes an insightful Foreword that discusses the power of storytelling, particularly in connection with the Christmas narrative. It introduces the first story, "The Legend of the 'White Gifts,'" which revolves around a beloved king who is celebrated by his subjects through heartfelt gifts symbolic of their pure love. Each gift must be "white," representing unselfishness and sincerity, demonstrating the theme that the value of a gift lies not in its material worth but in the love and intention behind it. The king's reaction to the diversity of gifts underscores the universal message of love and acceptance that permeates throughout the stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories PZ Text Christmas Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 263616 263617 2024-10-08T04:50:03.920723 2023-09-08T07:08:41.200028 text/html text/html 264713 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 93846 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 175426 2024-10-08T04:50:11.971188 application/epub+zip 176624 2024-10-08T04:50:07.457207 application/epub+zip 166753 2024-10-08T04:50:05.962163 application/epub+zip 358492 2024-10-08T04:50:15.163135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341098 2024-10-08T04:50:11.027178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296775 2022-09-08T12:55:46.959185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236771 236641 2024-10-08T04:50:03.245716 2023-09-08T07:08:40.490070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 236585 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88418 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 236576 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88395 2006-02-16T05:23:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21484 2024-10-08T04:50:15.297149 application/rdf+xml 16945 2024-10-08T04:50:06.513228 image/jpeg 4255 2024-10-08T04:50:06.241186 image/jpeg 163943 2024-10-08T04:50:03.944698 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog