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Christmas Tree is a collection of short stories by the British writer Eleanor Smith, better known for her novels. It was released in the United States in 1935 under the alternative title of Seven Trees .
"The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree" (Russian: Мальчик у Христа на ёлке; Mal'chik u Khrista na yolke) is a Christmas-time short story written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1876. It was first published in A Writer's Diary, January 1876. This story is also known as "The Heavenly Christmas Tree".
Janet and Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Christmas Postman [2] Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace [2] [3] L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Stick Man [2] Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box, The Light of Christmas [2] [4] Cornelia Funke, When Santa Fell to Earth; Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas
"A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" (Russian: Ёлка и свадьба, Yolka i svad'ba) is a short story written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky published in 1848. [1] The piece is narrated by a guest at a New Year's Eve ball. He observes the party's guest of honour who takes special interest in one of the children. [2]
The Legend of the Christmas Spider is an Eastern European folktale which explains one possible origin of tinsel on Christmas trees. It is most prevalent in Western Ukraine , where small ornaments in the shape of a spider are traditionally a part of the Christmas decorations.
A Christmas Eve; Christmas Eve (Gogol) A Christmas Memory; Christmas Morning; Christmas on Ganymede; Christmas Party (short story) A Christmas Tragedy; A Christmas Tree and a Wedding; Christmas with the Dead (short story) The Clergyman's Daughter (short story)
"A Christmas Memory" is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since.
It was adapted in 1975 by David Rudkin as "The Ash Tree", and was part of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. [1] It was first broadcast on 23 December 1975 at 11.35pm. [2] The adaptation stars Edward Petherbridge as Sir Richard and Barbara Ewing as the witch, Anne Mothersole. It was directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. [3] [4]