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Top 5 Most Beautiful Christmas Tales From All Around The World
Want to read a story to your children or with your family in front of the Christmas tree? Let me give you some instpiration with my list of “Top 5 Most Beautiful Christmas Tales From All Around The World”! 5. CHRISTMAS TREE (Pohutukawa) by ISABEL MAUD PEACOCKE A funny short story about the Piccaninnies and how…
THE LEGEND OF THE “WHITE GIFTS” (CHRISTMAS STORIES AND LEGENDS, 1916) As Told by Phebe A. Curtiss
A great many years ago in a land far away from us there was a certain king who was dearly beloved by all of his people. Men admired him because he was strong and just. In all of his dealings they knew they could depend upon him. Every matter that came to his consideration was…
A Kidnapped Santa Claus by By L. FRANK BAUM
Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year’s end to another. It is called the Laughing Valley because everything…
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
An old man had an only son, named Iadilla, who had come to that age which is thought to be most proper to make the long and final fast which is to secure through life a guardian genius or spirit. The father was ambitious that his son should surpass all others in whatever was deemed…
THE TOAD-WOMAN (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
Great good luck once happened to a young woman who was living all alone in the woods with nobody near her but her little dog; for, to her surprise, she found fresh meat every morning at her door. She was very curious to know who it was that supplied her, and watching one morning, just…