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Christmas is our most important holiday, and its literature is correspondingly rich. Yet until now no adequate bundle of Christmas treasures in poetry and prose has found its way into the library of Santa Claus. While this book brings to children of all ages, in school and at home, the best lyrics, carols, essays, plays and stories of Christmas, its scope is yet wider. For the Introduction gives a rapid view of the holiday's origin and development, its relation to cognate pagan festivals, the customs and symbols of its observance in different lands, and the significance and spirit of the day. This Introduction endeavors to. | Christmas by Various Edited by Robert Haven 1 Christmas by Various Edited by Robert Haven The Project Gutenberg eBook Christmas by Various Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Christmas Its Origin Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Author Various Editor Robert Haven Schauffler Release Date July 25 2006 eBook 18908 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTMAS E-text prepared by David Starner Jeffrey Johnson and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http Transcriber s conventions used in the preparation of this e-text Christmas by Various Edited by Robert Haven 2 Carets A indicate superscripts. is used as a divider between entries and - as an internal divider within entries. A detailed transcriber s note is at the end of the text. Our American Holidays Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler and Others A series of anthologies for the use of students and teachers in schools and colleges consisting of the best verse plays stories addresses special articles orations etc. Applicable to the holidays listed as follows 25th DEMOCRACY DAYS. or April GOOD WILL DAYS. HALLOWE 31st INDEPENDENCE 4th LINCOLN S 12th THE MAGIC OF Week THE MAGIC OF Week MEMORIAL 30th MOTHER S Sunday in May PAN-AMERICAN DAY. .April 14th PEACE DAYS. ROOSEVELT 27th Thursday in November WASHINGTON S 22nd Our American Holidays CHRISTMAS Its Origin Celebration and Significance As Related in Prose and Verse Edited by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER Illustration New York Dodd Mead and Company 1968 Copyright .