Christmas under three flags: Being memories of holiday festivities in the White House with "Old Hickory," in the palace of H. R. H. Prince of Prussia, afterwards Emperor William I., and at the Alamo with the Alcalde's daughter

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Charles Dickens

This work is Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” a Victorian…

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

The piece is a short Christmas story that follows Della, a young woman living in a modest flat, as she…

Patty's Success

Carolyn Wells

Patty’s Success is a light‑hearted juvenile tale that opens with a bustling New York harbor scene, where the…

A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others

This volume gathers a selection of Christmas‑time tales, opening with an unmistakable re‑imagining of Charles…

Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman

Francis Hopkinson Smith

The work is a Southern‑style Christmas tale that opens with a flashback to a bitter rivalry between Colonel…

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

Ruth McEnery Stuart

Solomon Crow’s Christmas Pockets and Other Tales is a Southern‑style vignette that follows the early life of…