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 157
... eyes fixed rigidly on the blue velvet hat of the woman ahead of her , using the shininess of its cut - steel buckle as a sort of tangible object to which she might tie her rousing emotions . They had been subdued of late years — those ...
... eyes fixed rigidly on the blue velvet hat of the woman ahead of her , using the shininess of its cut - steel buckle as a sort of tangible object to which she might tie her rousing emotions . They had been subdued of late years — those ...
Page 209
... eyes roved to the picture of the Christus in its silver frame across the room . She had bought it in Rome - had liked the tender look of compassion in the eyes and the pleading attitude of the outstretched arms . That was the summer she ...
... eyes roved to the picture of the Christus in its silver frame across the room . She had bought it in Rome - had liked the tender look of compassion in the eyes and the pleading attitude of the outstretched arms . That was the summer she ...
Page 259
... eye lighting on me effacing myself under the table , dragging me forth with a sprightly " So this is the little cousin I ... eyes must have been lost on a mother and three big sisters , for they only assisted in the marrying and burying ...
... eye lighting on me effacing myself under the table , dragging me forth with a sprightly " So this is the little cousin I ... eyes must have been lost on a mother and three big sisters , for they only assisted in the marrying and burying ...
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Low Lies His Bed | 156 |
Another Brought Gifts | 179 |
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