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Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens Terms Contents Story I Story II ... Story VI Story I A Christmas Tree Being now at home again, and alone, the only person in the house awake, my thoughts are drawn back, by a fascination which I do not care to resist, to my own childhood. I begin to consider, what do we all remember best upon the branches of the Christmas Tree of our own young Christmas days, by which we climbed to real life. Straight, in the middle of the room, cramped in the freedom of its growth by no encircling walls or soon-reached ceiling, a shadowy tree arises; and, looking up into the dreamy brightness of its top for I observe in this tree the singular property that it appears to grow downward towards the earthI look into my youngest Christmas recollections! Hush! Again a forest, and somebody up in a treenot Robin Hood, not Valentine, not the Yellow Dwarf (I have passed him and all Mother Bunch's wonders, without mention), but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban. By Allah! two Eastern Kings, for I see another, looking over his shoulder! Down upon the grass, at the tree's foot, lies the full length of a coal-black Giant, stretched asleep, with his head in a lady's lap; and near them is a glass box, fastened with four locks of shining steel, in which he keeps the lady prisoner when he is awake. I see the four keys at his girdle now. The lady makes signs to the two kings in the tree, who softly descend. It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.

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Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens Terms Contents Story I Story II ... Story VI Story IV The Child's Story nce upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveller, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got half way through. He travelled along a rather dark path for some little time, without meeting anything, until at last he came to a beautiful child. So he said to the child, "What do you do here?" And the child said, "I am always at play. Come and play with me!" They had plenty of the finest toys in the world, and the most astonishing picture-books: all about scimitars and slippers and turbans, and dwarfs and giants and genii and fairies, and blue- beards and bean-stalks and riches and caverns and forests and Valentines and Orsons: and all new and all true. But, one day, of a sudden, the traveller lost the child. He called to him over and over again, but got no answer. So, he went upon his road, and went on for a little while without meeting anything, until at last he came to a handsome boy. So, he said to the boy, "What do you do here?" And the boy said, "I am always learning. Come and learn with me." Still, one day, in the midst of all these pleasures, the traveller lost the boy as he had lost the child, and, after calling to him in vain, went on upon his journey. So he went on for a little while without seeing anything, until at last he came to a young man. So, he said to the young man, "What do you do here?" And the young man said, "I am always in love. Come and love with me."

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A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens The man who hated Christmas This story begins after Queen Victoria came to the throne. Jacob Marley had been dead for seven years. His business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, was the meanest man in London. Scrooge was so mean he would not even pay for a coat of paint to remove Marley's "Scrooge and Marley." It was a cold, foggy Christmas Eve, and a small boy with a bright red nose bent down to the keyhole to sing a carol: "God rest you merry, gentlemen, May nothing you dismay!" Scrooge rushed out with a long wooden ruler, to take a crack at the boy's head, but he scurried off. Scrooge hated Christmas and everything to do with it. He was a mean, close-fisted old miser, who never did a kind action or gave a penny away. He looked as if the cold had got right inside him. His thin lips were blue. His nose looked shrivelled and nipped. His eyebrows, wiry hair and stubbly chin looked silver with frost. But his heart was the coldest of all. It made his office chilly, even in summer. At Christmas the temperature was freezing. He only had a tiny fire and kept the coal bucket by his desk. His clerk could not fetch a fresh piece of coal without asking.

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FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Abridging childrens' lit Goto page Next Speed Reading Forum Index childrens (rec.arts.books.childrens) View previous topic ... View next topic Author Message nck Guest Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: Abridging childrens' lit Anybody catch the article and response letters to the article about abridged versions of childrens's books (She used "Wind in the Willows" as her major example. I know about that one, having picked one off the shelf in a nostalgia fit and failed to find the "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" chapter anywhere in it. Back to the used-book stores!) Personally, I find this practice appalling. Any thoughts? Back to top Deborah Stevenson Guest Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: Abridging childrens' lit Quote: It's called: 'The Peter Pan Picture Book' with a subhead "Based on the Play by James M Barrie'. But Peter Pan is additionally complicated, because the novel version is essentially an adaptation right there, since it post-dates the play by 7 years. Then the play version that was published, finally, in 1928 isn't

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Olive, the Orphan Reindeer CHAPTER 1 Wolves The storm in the Barrens raged around the little reindeer with a nose like an olive. "Mommy! Daddy!" She'd lost her mother and father and brothers and sisters. The night wind shrieked. The snowflakes stung her eyes. "Mommy! Daddy! Where are you?" But no one could hear. And now - danger! - wolves. She could smell them. They were close. Maybe they got my family, she thought, and want me too. So the little reindeer ran as fast as she could. In the fierce storm she didn't know where she was going. She just knew she had to get away. The wolves chased her, but she soon left them far behind. Even when she no longer picked up their scent, she ran and ran. Finally she came to the North Pole. CHAPTER 2 Mrs. Claus CHAPTER 3 Olive's Jobs As the years passed and she got bigger, Olive became one of the best skaters among the spare reindeer. She always won the friendly races against them at Candy Cane Pond. Olive also had important jobs to do during the Christmas season. She looked through the magic telescope to see which boys and girls were naughty or nice, and reported their names to Number One, the chief elf. She hauled boxes of presents to Santa Claus's sleigh on the runway. She delivered muffins from Mrs. Claus's bakery to the hospital. In the toy factory she checked for broken toys coming off a line in Quality Control. She liked these jobs, but the job Olive wanted more than anything was to be on Santa's team. Will I be picked some day? she wondered.

17. Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : Christmas Music And Stories (Activity) Which of the Nine? by Maurus Jokai, from The World s Greatest christmas stories. How can a poor shoemaker decide to give away one of his children? http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/activities/view.cfm?id=68

18. Lit.Org : Short Stories : Christmas Desperation.... Or The Game Of Who's To Blam After all, I am a child, an irresponsible, selfish and wrapped up glass bells and folded christmas blankets my boyfriend and poured out the story in shuddering http://www.lit.org/view/8898

Advanced Search Christmas Desperation.... or The Game of Who's To Blame by diason (Member) - published: December 25, 2003 Word Count: 2565 Word Bytes: 13789 Viewed: 81 times Category - Short stories Average Rating (1 votes) Rating Rated by Unknown You must login to vote Sometimes, the realizations that you make and the conclusions that you arrive at aren’t always bright and cheery. They don’t always make your life easier, or help you along to whatever goal you are aiming for. Some things happen that drive a wedge between yourself and your happiness. We woke up at 6;30 that morning, a dark figure in both our doorways with a tone that was not be disobeyed. I was puffy and sore from the day before. I pulled clothes on and stumbled down the rickety stairs, feeling my way down in the breezy twilight of that Christmas eve morning. I sat down next to my brother on the sofa. The living room was decorated with Christmas finery – lights and garlands, an old nativity scene arranged carefully on the mantle. There was a small tree decorated with poinsettias and sparkly snowflakes. Elves and wreaths sat on all available spaces. That room was the only Christmasy room in the house, but was so full of everything that the rest of the house was fine without it. The day was rising outside our windows. The snow that had lain for so long was brown and spotty, finally washing away after a week of constant white with the rain that crept in with the holiday eve. A steady drizzle dripped from the roof and onto the dirt yard outside, brown grass and mud swirling with remnants of snow.

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National Centre for Research in Children's Literature NCRCL National Centre for Research in Children's Literature About the NCRCL Contacting NCRCL Staff PhD Supervision Distance Learning MA/ PG Certificate/ PG Diploma in Children's Literature Coming Events Children's Literature and War Conference Child and Book Postgraduate Conference CLISS 2005 (Children's Literature International Summer School) IBBY Conference 2003 Publications List of NCRCL Publications Links and Resources Children's Literature Websites Collections, Museums, Libraries (UK) children-literature-uk academic discussion list European Picture Book Collection ... UK IBBY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND WAR Tutor Biographies Bernard Ashley Michael Foreman Carol Fox Geoff Fox ... Charles Way Bernard Ashley Michael Foreman (Dr) Carol Fox Geoff Fox is now an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Education, Exeter University, where he taught English and Drama for many years. He has also taught extensively abroad, most recently during several visits to Eastern Europe. He has written widely about children's books, and is a founding editor of Children's Literature in Education. He is a teller of traditional tales and an enthusiastic (but amateur) actor, who has written and directed drama for young performers. Adrienne Gavin

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Advent season Christmas in Vienna Coffee house culture Vom Himmel hoch - Christmas in Vienna! Christmas is Austria's most important religious and public holiday and a major festive season. Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Austria! December 24th - Christmas Eve ('Heiliger Abend') As a rule Christmas is a holiday with the family. Christmas Eve is mostly celebrated with close relations only. Preparations for Christmas Eve start during the afternoon with adorning the Christmas tree Christbaum '). Some families use colourful toys, straw stars, small bells and crystal balls, self-made items and even chocolate, sweets and fruits. Lit candles finish the design. Some prefer a less colourful assortment and use crystal balls, silvery or golden adornments and candles. The Christmas crib ('Krippe'), a figurative depiction of the Holy Family in the stable where Christ was born, is erected. Afterwards children are out of the room, so that the '

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