Two boys give to charity at a Santa Claus store visit
Two friends with three to four dollars decide to buy Christmas gifts for four hungry children at a big store. They spot four ragged youngsters outside Santa Claus and guide them through toy aisles, selecting a horse a fire engine a doll and a harvesting machine. The children rejoice as each receives a gift and asks who their benefactors are, learning they are “a friend of Santa Claus.”
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Woodward Avenue
Gratiot Avenue
Santa Claus
Woodbridge Street
A Christmas Courtship
A girl recounts lowering a stocking for a hidden gift and finding two presents a ring and a candy heart. A neighbor boy’s barbed proposal arrives at church as they share a quiet, starry walk in the snow and a secret kiss. Zelda Radoona.
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Zelda Radoona
Silent farewell at the Two-Spot corner
A small girl passes the Two-Spot, whispers a thank you, then reunites with companions crossing the street hand in hand. They walk away as a happy caravan, each clutching a bundle and sharing smiles.
The Christmas Tree A Family Memory
An enthusiastic mother recalls the joy of Christmas trees and stockings. She notes the happiness of tiny trees for each child and the care grownups put into gifts, cherishing memories of children, pets, and festive preparations.
Christmas in Dixie and the old English merry season
The piece recalls a bygone Christmas in the South with lavish hospitality and merriment. It contrasts prewar Southern celebrations with postwar festivity, describing fox hunts, plantation fiddlers, and generous rations shared from masters to field hands.
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Dixie
Bracebridge Hall
Ephraim
The Bertram House of Joy and a Christmas Flower
In a brown house crowded by five Bertram children the kind doctor hosts lively family nights. Dorothy visits a lonely neighbor, Mr. Jorden, bearing flowers and softening his view of children, transforming him into a friend of all.
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Bertrams
Bertram
Little Brown
Lawrence Cole
Helen
Samuel Jorden
Dr. Bertram
Marjorie
Dorothy
Mrs. Bertram
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South
Mr. Jorden
Fee
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