{"id":305,"date":"2019-05-19T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T22:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:50:15","slug":"christmas-in-legend-and-story-by-elva-s-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/christmas-in-legend-and-story-by-elva-s-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Legend and Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Christmas in Legend and Story<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Elva S. Smith and Alice I. Hazeltine<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"smithe_christmas_cover\" data-id=\"256\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/smithe_christmas_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/previews\/smithe_christmas_preview.pdf\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Look inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span><span><span style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0); font-size: 16px;\">An exceptional collection of Christmas stories, legends, and poems, that have distinct literary merit, a spirit of reverence, and an appeal for children. Chosen from a wide variety of sources by a pair of children&#8217;s librarians, the stories represent the work of many writers. The selections are arranged chronologically, beginning with the birth of the Christ Child.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages: &nbsp;<\/strong><em>8-12<\/em><span><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><em><span>227 pages<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span><span><span><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Black and white&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Year published:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span>2009<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><strong>ISBN:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><\/span>978-1-59915-387-2<\/em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span><\/span><strong><span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Faith, Christmas Stories<\/span><\/em>                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Purchase book at Amazon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add print book to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add ebook to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em>1. &#8220;The Gracious Time&#8221;&nbsp;2. The Adoration of the Shepherds&nbsp;3. The Child Born at Bethlehem&nbsp;4. As Joseph Was A-Walking&nbsp;5. The Peaceful Night&nbsp;6. The Christmas Silence&nbsp;7. Neighbors of the Christ Night&nbsp;8. Christmas Carol&nbsp;9. A Christmas Hymn&nbsp;10. The Song of a Shepherd-Boy at Bethlehem&nbsp;11. The First Christmas Roses&nbsp;12. The Little Gray Lamb&nbsp;13. The Holy Night&nbsp;14. The Star Bearer&nbsp;15. The Visit of the Wise Men&nbsp;16. The Three Kings&nbsp;17. The Three Holy Kings&nbsp;18. The Three Kings of Cologne&nbsp;19. Babouscka&nbsp;20. The Flight into Egypt&nbsp;<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em><em>21. The Haughty Aspen&nbsp;<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>22. The Little Mud-Sparrows 23. The Children of the Wind and the Clan of Peace&nbsp;24. The Child Jesus in the Garden&nbsp;25. The Mystic Thorn&nbsp;26. The Blooming of the White Thorn&nbsp;27. Legend of St. Christopher&nbsp;28. St. Christopher of the Gael&nbsp;29. The Cross of the Dumb&nbsp;30. The Christmas Song of Caedmon&nbsp;31. Good King Wenceslas&nbsp;32. The Christmas at Greccio: A Story of St. Francis&nbsp;33. The Sin of the Prince Bishop&nbsp;34. Earl Sigurd&#8217;s Christmas Eve&nbsp;35. A Christmas Legend&nbsp;36. The Legend of the Christmas Rose&nbsp;37. Felix&nbsp;38. The Sabot of Little Wolff&nbsp;39. The Little Friend&nbsp;40. Where Love Is, There God Is Also<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>An Inside View&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15243\" width=\"918\" height=\"688\" title=\"smithe_christmas\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/smithe_christmas.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Related Titles&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-story-of-the-other-wise-man-by-henry-van-dyke\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"vandyke_other_cover\" data-id=\"6822\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/vandyke_other_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-story-of-the-other-wise-man-by-henry-van-dyke\" style=\"outline: none;\"><strong>The Story of the Other Wise Man<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Henry Van Dyke<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/why-the-chimes-rang-by-raymond-macdonald-alden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"alden_chimes_cover\" data-id=\"3072\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alden_chimes_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/why-the-chimes-rang-by-raymond-macdonald-alden\" style=\"outline: none;\"><strong>Why the Chimes Rang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Raymond Macdonald Alden<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-by-amelia-c-houghton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"houghton_santa_cover\" data-id=\"270\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/houghton_santa_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-by-amelia-c-houghton\" style=\"outline: none;\"><strong>The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Amelia C. 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