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Free Christmas stories can be found online:
The Good Night (Finnish Christmas retold by Ruth Sawyer)
A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
A Letter from Santa Claus by Mark Twain
Glorious Gifts from the Past (the story of Silent Night, by Ola, Per and Emily D'Aulaire)
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Old favorites (Amazon Links):
--The Light at Turn Rock (Will they be stranded on the lighthouse for Christmas?)
--Harold at the North Pole (just for fun--don't forget your purple crayon!)
--Brigid's Cloak (visit the manger with St. Brigid)
--Night Tree (cozy)
--December (beautifully illustrated with angels)
--Flight of the Reindeer (scientific and first hand accounts; tongue in cheek)
--Best Christmas Pageant Ever (audio cassette)
--Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? (Jan Brett's "new" Scandinavian tale)
--The Little Christmas Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover)
--Christmas Day in the Morning
--Gift of the Magi (plus other O. Henry stories from Dover Thrift!)
--Advent, Christmas Epiphany in the Domestic Church (New, beautiful, and spiral bound for ease of use)
--Young Mary of Nazareth by Marianna Mayer (Embellished a bit...but the paintings are by the masters)
--Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury (all your favorites, fully illustrated)
--Northern Nativity : Christmas Dreams of a Prairie Boy by William Kurelek
--The Night Before Christmas illustrated by Tasha Tudor
--The Last Straw by Fredrick Thury (based on a libretto, and wonderfully illustrated)
--Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus (the Grinch!) by Seuss (translated deftly into Latin! Also available in Spanish)
--Christmas in the Stable by Astrid Lindgren
--Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti (pair this with a recording of the Opera)
--The Oxford Books of Christmas Poems
--St. Francis and the Christmas Donkey by Robert Byrd
--The Father Christmas Letters by J. R. R. Tolkein (on cassette! Wonderful!)
--A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas (also available on cassette and CD, read by Thomas!)
--A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, stunningly performed (not just read) by Patrick Stewart, on CD.
Or get the "Whole Story" of A Christmas Carol.
--The Christmas Day Kitten, by James Herriot
--Christmas in Noisy Village, by Astrid Lindgren
--Christmas Trolls, by Jan Brett
--Yuletide Delights, Ernest Nister
--The First Christmas, London National Gallery (KJV, but worth it for the beautiful art)
--The Friendly Beasts, Tomie de Paola
--On Christmas Eve, by Margaret Wise Brown
--Over the River and Through the Woods, illustrated by Mary Engelbreit
--Sing Noel: Christmas Carols, by Jane Yolen (includes the history of the carols)
--Twelve Days of Christmas, illustrated by Jan Brett
--The Wild Christmas Reindeer, by Jan Brett
--A Cup of Christmas Tea, by Tom Hegg
--Advent Arts and Christmas Crafts: With Prayers... , by Jeanne Heiberg
--Advent, Christmas, Epiphany (2 Volume Set : The Readings...), by Megan McKenna
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