Journey Into Christmas and Other StoriesThe true meaning of Christmas emerges in these stories about reunited families, good fellowship, and restored faith. This is not to say that all is sugar candy. The mother in the title story faces a lonely Christmas in an empty house--but then something quite ordinary but miraculous happens. In "The Drum Goes Dead," a small-town bank cashier, a solid citizen and sterling friend, is dispirited by hard times until he discovers, through his own resources, that it is indeed a wonderful life. Here are nine other holiday stories, by turns dramatic, humorous, and inspirational. The closing piece recalls the author's childhood in Iowa. Bess Streeter Aldrich is well remembered for A Lantern in Her Hand, from which Christmas on the Prairie is reprinted, and Spring Came On Forever. |
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Page 113
... Jennie Williams , who came ploddingly down Seventh Street each day to work . Once , in Jennie's high - school days , Sara had taken her on temporarily until she could find someone else to help . But Jennie had grown fat and forty ...
... Jennie Williams , who came ploddingly down Seventh Street each day to work . Once , in Jennie's high - school days , Sara had taken her on temporarily until she could find someone else to help . But Jennie had grown fat and forty ...
Page 114
... Jennie . Time again to bid the tapers twinkle fair . Did I ever tell you how our family came to use that expression , Jennie ? " Jennie had heard the explanation every year for a quarter of a century , but she obligingly assumed ...
... Jennie . Time again to bid the tapers twinkle fair . Did I ever tell you how our family came to use that expression , Jennie ? " Jennie had heard the explanation every year for a quarter of a century , but she obligingly assumed ...
Page 124
... Jennie or the merchants or the occa- sional caller who dropped in . “ Our family re- union is to be cut down quite a ... Jennie were scattering them . The house was immaculate , everything prepared . " Shall I put all the table leaves in ...
... Jennie or the merchants or the occa- sional caller who dropped in . “ Our family re- union is to be cut down quite a ... Jennie were scattering them . The house was immaculate , everything prepared . " Shall I put all the table leaves in ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Low Lies His Bed | 156 |
Another Brought Gifts | 179 |
Copyright | |
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