Project Gutenberg 2017-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 54 Redfield, Justus Starr 1810 1888 Redfield, J. S. (Justus Starr) The Christmas Dream of Little Charles Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by MFR, Carol Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Christmas Dream of Little Charles" by Justus Starr Redfield is a charming children's story likely written during the 19th century. This delightful tale revolves around the themes of childhood innocence and the magic of Christmas, featuring a young boy named Charles Estabrook who eagerly anticipates the holiday. The story unfolds as Charles falls asleep on Christmas Eve, leading to a fantastical dream where he encounters St. Nicholas. In the narrative, Charles, a kind-hearted boy with a love for horses, hangs his stocking by the chimney and settles into bed. In his dream, he discovers a jovial St. Nicholas who magically fills his stocking with delightful gifts meant for other children. Amidst the whimsical exchanges and laughter, Charles hopes for a pony of his own. When he awakens on Christmas morning, he experiences the joy of finding that his wish has come true, as his Uncle Ben has brought him the little pony he desired, named Lightfoot. The story captures the spirit of giving and the joy of Christmas, making it a heartwarming read for young audiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories Children's stories Santa Claus -- Juvenile fiction Dreams -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 40103 40204 2024-09-23T04:59:59.305449 2023-09-24T03:51:21.479490 text/html text/html 36838 2017-08-06T15:51:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 934310 2017-08-06T15:51:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 674620 2024-09-23T05:00:01.679475 application/epub+zip 673308 2024-09-23T04:59:59.979452 application/epub+zip 76951 2024-09-23T04:59:59.638467 application/epub+zip 703929 2024-09-23T05:00:03.204513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695327 2024-09-23T05:00:01.300468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102864 2022-08-25T04:01:52.245000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28188 27994 2024-09-23T04:59:59.110472 2023-09-24T03:51:21.139484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 28467 2017-08-06T15:51:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 10866 2017-08-06T15:51:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18725 2024-09-23T05:00:03.576433 application/rdf+xml 19447 2024-09-23T04:59:59.708474 image/jpeg 2736 2024-09-23T04:59:59.673433 image/jpeg 1048804 2024-09-23T04:59:59.348440 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