Christmas Stories, Music and Poetry:
- A Visit From St. Nicholas by Dr. Clement C. Moore
- The Gift I Didn't Get! - poem by Peter McArthur finally accepted by his bride-to-be
- The Bells of Christmas - by Eugene Field
- Star of The East by Eugene Field
- "The Cherry Tree Carol"- a ballad for Christmas sung by Judy Collins
- Print "Three Ships" by Henry Payne for Christmas Letters - four restored versions of illustration by Henry Payne
- The Three Kings - by Henery Wadsworth Longfellow
- "A Mistletoe Maid" - by Irving
- Christmas Quatrains - by George Creel
- Bring love, true love, and lay it at His feet... - Christmas hymn by Richard Watson Gilder, performed at Magdeburg 2015
- While Shepherds Watched - by Nahum Tate
- "Christians, Awake; Salute the Happy Morn!" - by John Byrom
- "As With Gladness Men of Old" - by William Chatterton Dix
- "O Christ The Child" - Author Unknown
- "The Sugar-Plum Tree" - by Eugene Field
- A "Quotable" Christmas Acrostic
- Christmas Eve in Our Village by Phyllis McGinley
- Santa Claus In the Zoo - by Walton Williams, also entertaining video of zoo animals receiving Christmas 'gifts'
- Miss Santa Claus
- Jest 'Fore Christmas by Eugene Fields
- The Wassail Carols - traditional version, plus history
- Christmas Carol - by Phillips Brooks
- Once In Royal David's City by Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander
- Christmas Glow by Mary Austin
- Christmas Eve - by Robert Bridges
- "A Happy Christmas To You!"
- The Friendly Beasts - an old English Christmas carol, reading by Tomie DePaola
- "Carol of the Bells" - history, plus muppet version
- The Three Kings of Cologne - by Eugene Field
- "The Little Drummer Boy" and Peace On Earth" - The version by David Bowie and Bing Crosby
- Getting Christmas Dinner On a Ranch - by President Theodore Roosevelt, who was also a marvelous storyteller
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - by Wilbur D. Nesbit
- A Song for Christmas - a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley, a illustrated boarder included
- My Gift - written by a Michigan Farmer, W. Snell, illustrated
- "When Santa Claus Comes" -
- "Christmas" - by Scott
- "Grown-Up Christmas List" - composed by David Foster, sung by Amy Grant
- Good King Wenceslas - history and funny video by Horrible Histories
- Santa Loves Little Girls and Boys - illustrated poem
- Holly and Ivy by Eugene Field
- "Keep Christmas Merry" - by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated
- Christmas is For The Birds - plus video about feeding birds on Christmas day
- "Oh Christmas Tree" - sung by Diana Damrau
- Silver Bells - composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, sung by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in "The Lemon Drop Kid"
- Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire - sung by Nat King Cole
- Walking In a Winter Wonderland - sung by Dean Martin
- It Came Upon The Midnight Clear by Edmund Sears, sung by Judy Garland
- Away in A Manger - sung by Susan Boyle
- An Ancient Carol - approx. 500 years old
- The Mohogany Tree by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Coming of The Prince Part I and Part II - this version is by Eugene Fields it is the same story as "The Little Match Girl"
- Joel's Talk With Santa Claus - by Eugene Field
- Lily's Grave - by Madge Carrol
- Forgetting and Remembering - first published in the Youth's Companion
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - written by Charles Wesley and sung by Take 6
- Bethlehem Town - by Eugene Field
- The Christmas Banquet by Nathaniel Howthorne
- Christmas Eve by Eugene Field
- Silent Night - by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber, sung by Bing Crosby
- A York Music Box - by Sarah D. Clark
- Sliding Down Hill - by Mary E. Wilkins
- The Gift That None Could See - by Mary E. Wilkins
- Our Joyful'st Feast - by George Wither, quotes by Peale and Beattie
- Mark The Soft-Falling Snow by Philip Doddridge
- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - performed by the Kings College Cambridge Choir
- Chrystmasse of Olde - by Eugene Field
- The Holidays - by Eliza Cook, 1890
- Christmas Morning by Eugene Field
- Christmas Spirit by E. C. Baird
- The First Noel - old English Carol
- Christmas Hymn by Eugene Field
- The Puritan Doll by Mary E. Wilkins
- As Joseph Was A-Waukin'
- The Dreamer by M. E. Crocker
- A Visit to Bethlehem In Spirit by James Montgomery
- Sleigh Bells by L. Smith
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