About this ebook

"The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems - Illustrated" is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season.

This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Red Room," "A Letter from Santa Claus," "The Fir Tree," "Song of the Holly," and many more. These stories and poems capture the spirit of Christmas through diverse voices, styles, and settings, offering readers a diverse and enriching experience.


Contents:


Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The Chimes


G.K. Chesterton

A Christmas Carol


L.M. Montgomery

The Red Room

A Christmas Mistake

A Christmas Inspiration

The Josephs’ Christmas

Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket

The Osbornes’ Christmas

Bertie’s New Year

Ida’s New Year Cake

The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road

Clorinda’s Gifts

The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner

The Unforgotten One

Christmas at Red Butte

Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner


L. Frank Baum

A Kidnapped Santa Claus

Little Bun Rabbit

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus


Mark Twain

A Letter from Santa Claus


Louisa May Alcott

A Country Christmas

Cousin Tribulation's Story

What the Bell Saw and Said

Tilly's Christmas

Tessa's Surprises

Kate's Choice

The Boys' Joke, And Who Got The Best Of It

The Quiet Little Woman

Rosa's Tale

A Christmas Dream and How It Came True

A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came

A Merry Christmas


Leo Tolstoy

A Russian Christmas Party


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas Bells

The Three Kings


Nikolai Gogol

Christmas Eve


William Dean Howells

Christmas Everyday

The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express


Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Christmas in India


Elizabeth Harrison

Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe


John Milton

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity


Hans Christian Andersen

The Fir Tree

The Little Match Girl


Selma Lagerlof

A Christmas Guest

The Holy Night

The Legend of the Christmas Rose


Clement Moore

The Night Before Christmas


Henry van Dyke

The Other Wise Man


Beatrix Potter

The Tailor of Gloucester


Anton Chehov

Vanka

O. Henry


The Gift of the Magi

Christmas by Injunction

Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking

A Chaparral Christmas Gift

An Unfinished Christmas Story


Hesba Stretton

The Christmas Child


Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows


Robert Louis Stevenson

Christmas at Sea

Markheim

Winter Time


Walter Scott

Christmas In The Olden Time


Alfred Tennyson

Ring out, wild bells


Abbie Farwell Brown

The Christmas Angel


Anthony Trollope

Christmas at Thompson Hall


Thomas Hardy

The Oxen


William Butler Yeats

The Magi


William Makepeace Thackeray

The Mahogany Tree


Charles Kingsley

Christmas Day


Eugene Field

Jest 'Fore Christmas


Emily Dickinson

The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman


Willa Cather

The Burglar’s Christmas


Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle


Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Christmas Tree and a Wedding


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Christmas-Box


Washington Irving

Christmas

The Stage-Coach

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

The Christmas Dinner


George MacDonald

Christmas Day and Everyday

The Christmas Child

Christmas Meditation

A Christmas Prayer

A Christmas Carol

My Uncle Peter

Mary’s Lullaby

Christmas-Day

The Gifts of the Child Christ

That Holy Thing

Christmas

Christmas Song of the Old Children

King Cole

A Song for Christmas


James Joyce

The Dead


Saki

Bertie’s Christmas Eve


William Shakespeare

Song of the Holly

The Gracious Time


Harriet Beecher Stowe

Christmas; or, The Good Fairy

The First Christmas of New England

Betty’s Bright Idea

Christmas in Poganuc


Oscar Wilde

The Selfish Giant


Ratings and reviews

4.3
9 reviews
Jodie Kaye
June 4, 2025
100 classic stories for free!! Brilliant!
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