Portal:Christmas

Works

 * Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, all 1819 by Washington Irving
 * A Christmas Eve in Spain, 1864 by José María de Pereda
 * Seasonable Festivities, Once a Week, 1871
 * Is There a Santa Claus? (also called Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus), 1897 by Francis Pharcellus Church
 * "Christmas," in All Things Considered, 1908, essay by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
 * A Christmas Letter, 1910 letter declining to attend a party, by Stephen Leacock
 * "Christmas," in A Christmas Garland, 1912 by Max Beerbohm

Messages and announcements

 * 1932 Royal Christmas Message, radio proclamation by King George V of the United Kingdom
 * Christmas Broadcast to America, 1937 by Haile Selassie
 * Christmas Message, 1952 by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
 * 49th Annual Andersen Air Force Base Christmas Drop in Micronesia, 2001 by Robert Anacletus Underwood
 * Expressing Sense of the House That Symbols and Traditions of Christmas Should be Protected, 2005 by Earl Blumenauer

Religious observance

 * The Story of the Other Wise Man, 1896 by Henry Van Dyke
 * A Christmas Prayer, 1917 World War I soldier's prayer by Cyril William Winterbotham
 * Recognizing the Importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith, December 19, 2007 by U.S. Congressman Steven Arnold King

Other holiday traditions

 * Suggestive programs for special day exercises: Christmas, 1898 by Jason Elmer Hammond
 * The First Christmas Tree, 1912 by Eugene Field
 * Our American Holidays - Christmas, 1949 by Robert Haven Schauffler

Music

 * Messiah, 1743 by George Frideric Handel and Charles Jennens
 * A Christmas Cradlesong, 1849 by Lope de Vega
 * A Christmas Folk Song, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Collections of carols

 * The Cambridge Carol Book, edited by Charles Wood & George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1924

Christmas carols
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 * Adeste Fideles (O come all ye faithful), written by John Francis Wade in 1742, and translated into English by Frederick Oakeley.
 * Angels, from the Realms of Glory, written by James Montgomery
 * Away in a Manger, 1885
 * Boar's Head Carol, traditional English carol
 * Christmas, a carol by an anonymous writer, now known as "Once in Royal David's city"
 * Christmas Day also called Hark! the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
 * Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, by Charles Wesley
 * Coventry Carol
 * Deck the Halls
 * D'où viens-tu, bergère?
 * Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon, translated by Frederick H. Martens, 1917
 * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, 1833
 * Good Christian Men, Rejoice, 1853, by John Mason Neale
 * Good King Wenceslas, 1853, by John Mason Neale
 * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing originally Christmas Day by Charles Wesley
 * Here We Come A-Wassailing
 * The Holly and the Ivy
 * A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour, 1616 by Ben Jonson
 * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
 * In Excelsis Gloria, traditional
 * In Dulci Jubilo, traditional
 * In hoc anni circulo, anonymous
 * In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Georgina Rossetti
 * It Came upon a Midnight Clear
 * Jingle Bells, written in 1857 for Thanksgiving
 * Joy to the World
 * The Legend of St. Nicholas, English translation by James Henry Dixon
 * No Room at the Inn, 1916
 * O, Christmas Tree (a.k.a. O, Tannenbaum)
 * O come all ye faithful translation of Adeste Fideles by John Francis Wade (1742) translated by Frederick Oakeley
 * O come, O come, Emmanuel, translation of the Latin text ("Veni, veni, Emmanuel") by John Mason Neal and Henry Sloane Coffin, mid-19th century
 * On Christmas Night, traditional
 * Silent Night, written by Josef Mohr.
 * Still, Still, Still, traditional
 * The Twelve Days of Christmas
 * We Three Kings of Orient Are
 * We Wish You a Merry Christmas, traditional English carol
 * What Child Is This?, 1865 by William Dix sung to the tune of Greensleeves

Poetry

 * A Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823 (also called 'Twas The Night Before Christmas or The Night Before Christmas), by Clement Clarke Moore
 * Christmas, 1836 poem by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler
 * Christmas Bells, 1863 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 * Santa Claus’ Assistants, 1896 poem by Ernest Vincent Wright
 * Santa Claus, 1900 poem by Banjo Paterson
 * Christmas, 1903, by John Masefield
 * A Defective Santa Claus, 1904 poem by James Whitcomb Riley
 * The Goblins' Christmas, 1908 by Elizabeth Anderson
 * Chrismus Is A-Comin', 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
 * Chrismus On The Plantation, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
 * A Little Christmas Basket, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
 * Christmas In The Heart, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
 * Christmas, 1913 poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
 * Christmas, 1913 poem by William Henry Davies

Fiction

 * A Letter from Santa Claus, 1875 by Mark Twain
 * Christmas Stories, 1916 by Georgene Faulkner
 * Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, 1902 by L. Frank Baum
 * A Kidnapped Santa Claus, 1904 by L. Frank Baum
 * The Gift of the Magi, 1906 short story by O. Henry
 * The Santa Claus Family, 1911 by Owen Oliver
 * Christmas Holidays at Merryvale, 1916 children's story by Alice Hale Burnett about the adventures of young boys during the Christmas season.
 * The Errors of Santa Claus, 1919 by Stephen Leacock
 * Christmas by Injunction, by O. Henry
 * Little Elephant's Christmas (1938) by Heluiz Chandler Washburne

Dickens' Christmas books

 * 1) A Christmas Carol, 1843 by Charles Dickens
 * 2) The Chimes, 1844 by Charles Dickens
 * 3) The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 by Charles Dickens
 * 4) The Battle of Life, 1846 by Charles Dickens
 * 5) The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, 1848 by Charles Dickens

Christmas publications

 * Yule Logs, 1898 collection edited by George Alfred Henty

Reference


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