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Contents

Introduction, by Moira Allen ................................................................................................................................................... 5
A Word About Christmas, by Susan Anne Brown (Century Magazine, 1884) ........................................................... 7
Poem: Holly Song, by Clinton Scollard (Century Magazine, 1893) ............................................................................... 8
How to Set Out a Christmas Tree (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886) ......................................................................... 9
Poem: Christmas Weather, by George Weatherly (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887) ............................................. 11
Christmas with the Black-and-White Artists, by Flora Klickmann (Windsor Magazine, 1902) ........................ 13
Poem: A Christmas Alphabet, by Carolyn Wells (Youth’s Companion, 1898) .......................................................... 28
School Hampers, by E.V. Lucas (Windsor Magazine, 1898) ........................................................................................... 29
Poem: Sleep, Baby, Sleep, by Iohn Addington Symonds (English Illustrated Magazine, 1892) ............................. 32
Delicacies for the Winter Tea-Table, by P.H. Davis (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1890) ....................................... 33
The Worries of a “New Chum,” by Rev. Frederick Hastings (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1890) ......................... 35
The Author of “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” by Clarence Cook (Century Magazine, 1898) ................................. 39
Music: A Christmas Welcome (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886) .............................................................................. 43
Poem: Snowflakes (Boy’s Own Paper, 1880) ....................................................................................................................... 46
Merry Christmas in the Tenements, by Jacob A. Riis (Century Magazine, 1898) ................................................... 47
Little Gifts for Christmas-Tide, by Ruth Hubbard (Ingalls’ Home Magazine, 1889) ............................................. 65
Poem: On Christmas Eve, by G.D. Lynch (Girl’s Own Paper, 1902) ........................................................................... 68
The Humour of Christmas, by James Walter Smith (The Strand, 1902) ................................................................... 69
The Table, by Laura Willis Lathrop (Ingalls’ Home Magazine, 1889) .......................................................................... 75
Robin Hood: A Parlor Piece for Evening Parties, by William Brough (Godey’s, 1863) ........................................ 79
Good Rules for Winter (from a Victorian Scrap Album) ................................................................................................. 84
Home Decorations for Christmas (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1875) ........................................................................ 85
Poem: King Christmas, by A. Graham (Boy’s Own Paper, 1880) .................................................................................. 88
Children’s Fancy Dress for Christmas Parties (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1883) ................................................. 89
How to Entertain at Christmas, by Ardern Holt (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1881) ............................................. 91
Poem: The Christmas Sleigh-Ride (Agricultural Almanack, 1895)............................................................................. 93
Children’s Calico Balls (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1879) ............................................................................................ 95
Fiction: A Glut of Turkeys, by Marion Ward (The Strand, 1903) ............................................................................... 98
Receipts/Swan Serviette (Godey’s, 1873) ......................................................................................................................... 103
Music: Sleigh Bells (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1874) .................................................................................................. 106
In a Guard’s Van: A Christmas Sketch (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1890) ............................................................ 109
Christmas in the Far West, by W.H. Wiltshire (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1878) .............................................. 110
Poem: Santa Claus’ Mistake, by Gouvemeur M. Smith (Harper’s, 1889) ................................................................ 114
Music: Christmas Matin Song (Boy’s Own Paper, 1885) ............................................................................................. 116
How Christmas Cards Are Made (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1879) ...................................................................... 117
Christmas and Its Customs, by Charles J. Peterson (Peterson’s, 1858) ..................................................................... 120
Christmas Cards: Their Origin & Manufacture, by Leily Bingen (Windsor Magazine, 1898) ........................ 123
Skating for Ladies (Godey’s, 1863)..................................................................................................................................... 130
Poem: King Winter, by John G. Watts (Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1879) .............................................................. 134
About Santa Claus (St. Nicholas Magazine, 1900) ........................................................................................................ 136
The Children’s Christmas, as Depicted by Famous Black-and-White Artists, by A.B. Cooper
(Sunday Strand, 1902).................................................................................................................................................... 137