Edition |
[First edition]. |
Description |
viii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Summary |
Original Christmas play, stories, and poems which reflect the holiday celebration of particular historical periods, or ethnic or cultural groups, such as a 1640 Puritan Christmas, a sharecropper Christmas, a Bayou-French Christmas and others. |
Contents |
Day of work and no cheer; a Puritan Christmas, 1640.--How Christmas came to Blueberry Corners; a New England Christmas, 1840.--The pink china bonbon dish; a small-town Ohio Christmas, 1900.--The uninvited guest; a sharecropper Christmas.--Kayla's Christmas; a Portuguese Christmas.--Christmas on McDonald Street, a city Christmas.--The Christmas program; a prairie Christmas.--La Christine comes; a Bayou-French Christmas.--The Christmas fake; a backwoods Christmas.--Before snow flies; a treefarm Christmas; The first star; a Polish Christmas.--Visit of the shepherds; a Nativity play.--Poems. |
Subject |
Christmas stories.
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Added Title |
Christmas stories.
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