THE CHRISTMAS GUEST

by Helen Steiner Rice

It happened one day at the year’s white end,
Two neighbors called on an old-time friend Read more

The Origin of “The 12 Days of Christmas”

When most people hear of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” they think of the
song. This song had its origins as a teaching tool to instruct young people
in the meaning and content of the Christian Faith. Read more

A Christmas Prayer

by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in
the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of
the wise Men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let
kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver
us from evil by the blessing with Christ brings, and teach us to be merry
with clear hearts.
May Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas
evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven,
for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

Twas The Night Before Christmas

by Clement C. Moore

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that ST. NICHOLAS soon would be there; Read more

Rudolph – That Amazing Reindeer

On a December night in Chicago several years ago, a little girl climbed onto her father’s lap and asked a question. It was a simple question, asked in children’s curiosity, yet it had a heart-rending effect on Robert May. Read more

Gift of the Magi

By O. Henry

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. Read more