The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories
| First published | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill Company |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | xviii+659 |
- The verification copy has no dust jacket; used bookseller photos indicate that the book never had one.
- Copyright 1945; no printing date.
- Only speculative fiction has been recorded in the contents here. The remaining contents are:
- xi • Introduction • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
- 3 • Saint Matthew • The Birth of Jesus Christ...
- 6 • Saint Luke • And It Came to Pass...
- 200 • The True Story of Santy Claus • (1927) • essay by John Macy
- 212 • When Father Christmas Was Young • (1931) • short story by Coningsby Dawson
- 241 • A Marchpane for Christmas • (1927) • essay by Katharine Lee Bates
- 250 • The First Christmas Tree • (1897) • short story by Henry Van Dyke
- 270 • Santa Claus: A Psychograph • (1925) • essay by Gamaliel Bradford
- 279 • Christmas with Sir Roger • (1712) • short story by Joseph Addison
- 283 • Christmas Papers • essay by Washington Irving [excerpts from the "Old Christmas" sketches in The Sketch Book (1820)]
- 339 • Christmas at Dingley Dell • short fiction by Charles Dickens [excerpt from The Pickwick Papers (1836); contains "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," indexed separately]
- 361 • Christmas Storms and Sunshine • (1848) • short story by Mrs. Gaskell
- 374 • Christmas • (1863) • essay by Alexander Smith
- 459 • Happy Christmas • (1940) • short story by Daphne Du Maurier
- 471 • Christmas at Orchard House • short fiction by Louisa May Alcott [excerpt from Little Women (1868)]
- 483 • The Birds' Christmas Carol • (1886) • novelette by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- 517 • The Mysterious Chest: Being a True and Temperate Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures That Befell Several Citizens of the Town of New York on the Eve of Christmas Day in the Year of Grace 1793 • (1908) • novelette by Howard Pyle
- 539 • My First Christmas Tree • (1911) • essay by Hamlin Garland
- 544 • To Springvale for Christmas • (1923) • short story by Zona Gale
- 553 • "I Gotta Idee!" • (1934) • short story by Elsie Singmaster
- 562 • Christmas in Our Town • (1927) • essay by Alice Van Leer Carrick
- 571 • A Plantation Christmas • (1927) • essay by Archibald Rutledge
- 597 • One Christmas Eve • (1932) • short story by Langston Hughes
- 603 • The Pasteboard Star • (1930) • short story by Margaret Carpenter
- 611 • The Little Guest • (1930) • short story by Margery Williams Bianco
- 618 • The Worst Christmas Story • (1921) • short story by Christopher Morley
- 628 • Merry Christmas • (1941) • short story by Jake Falstaff
- 641 • God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen • (1938) • short story by Bill Adams
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| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories |
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1974 | Grosset & Dunlap | Hardcover | Anthology | xviii+659 |