Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse

Project Gutenberg's Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse, by Eugene FieldThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Christmas Tales and Christmas VerseAuthor: Eugene FieldIllustrator: Florence StorerRelease Date: January 29, 2006 [EBook #17630]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTMAS TALES AND ***Produced by Jason Isbell, Sankar Viswanathan, and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Frontispiece] CHRISTMAS TALES AND VERSE BY EUGENE FIELD ILLUSTRATIONS BY FLORENCE STORER NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS MCMXII Copyright, 1912, by Published October, 1912 _Why do the bells of Christmas ring? Why do little children sing? Once a lovely shining star, Seen by shepherds from afar, Gently moved until its light Made a manger's cradle bright. There a darling baby lay, Pillowed soft upon the hay; And its ...