Christmas Stories


Here are some favorite Christmas stories for you and your family to enjoy this holiday season.



Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from American Literature!

The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen

The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry

A Kindapped Santa Claus - Frank L. Baum

'Twas the Night before Christmas - Clement Clarke Moore

A Burglar's Christmas - Willa Cather

The First Christmas Tree - Henry Van Dyke

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

A Letter from Santa Claus - Mark Twain

How the Captain made Christmas - Thomas Nelson Page

What Christmas is as We Grow Older - Charles Dickens

A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas

Christmas or The Good Fairy - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Christmas Every Day - William Dean Howells

The Christmas Wreck - Frank Stockton

A Dream-story: The Christmas Angel - Henry Van Dyke

Old Christmas - Washington Irving

A Christmas Tree - Charles Dickens

The Other Wise Man - Henry Van Dyke



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