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"Jack Frost's Sweetheart" is a free fairy tale that explains the origin of the Christmas Rose — a flower that blooms above the snow each winter. When a Flower Elfin is woken too early by a mistaken elf, she stumbles into a cold, white world with no way home. Jack Frost discovers her crying and brings her to the Frost King's grand festival, where fairies and fur-coated goblins grow curious about hi...

"The Candy Pig" is a short children's story about Kaisa, a cheerful girl who receives a wonderfully pink, delightfully big candy pig as a Christmas gift in Sweden. Convinced it is the finest candy pig ever made, she vows to keep it forever — until temptation wins out, one nibble at a time. First the ears, then the legs, then the rest. What follows is a tummy ache that turns her sweetest treasure i...

"The Christmas Tops" is a short story brimming with the warmth of a family Christmas, from holly-covered walls and hand-stirred pudding to the big moment when seven Browns spin seven singing tin tops across the floor. Mr. Brown kicks off the contest with a cheerful countdown, and the whole family — big boys, middle-sized boys, and one small girl — watches and cheers as tops hum and tumble one by o...

Uncle Wiggily And The Skates is a short story in which a boy's impatience with his brand-new Christmas skates leads him onto a pond before the ice is ready to hold him. When he crashes through into the freezing water, it falls to Uncle Wiggily the rabbit gentleman and his sharp-toothed beaver friends Toodle and Noodle to engineer a daring rescue — without the boy ever realising he had help. The st...

The Merry Drum is a short Christmas story about Andy, a boy whose drumbeats on a festive morning draw children one by one out of their homes and into a spontaneous street parade. Dick brings his pinwheel, a girl brings her doll, a boy offers wagon rides, and even a baby and a dog join in. As the parade grows longer and louder, the drum seems to call out "Come! Come!" — and nobody on the street can...

The Four Toys is a short story about a Toy-Lady who carefully selects a Christmas present for each of her four grandchildren. For her seven-year-old grandson, she sews a drawstring bag of beautiful marbles. Little Margie receives a baby doll to rock to sleep. For Bess, a sick girl who cannot run or play, she chooses a music box that chimes like a singing bird. And for the baby just learning to wal...

"The Tricycle" is a charming short story about a little boy whose one unshakeable Christmas wish is a tricycle. His parents buy one in secret and must work together to smuggle it home and hide it — all while gently distracting their eager son with biscuit-cutting, popcorn-shelling, and wool-winding to keep him from the front door at just the wrong moment. The story builds quiet suspense through sm...

A Christmas Surprise For Mother Goose is a short Christmas story set in the land of nursery rhymes, where Mother Goose spends a cold and lonely Christmas Day believing her beloved storybook children have forgotten her. One by one, familiar faces appear at her door — Mother Hubbard with a mince pie, Jack Horner with a plum, Miss Muffet with a startling spider, and the Queen of Hearts with freshly b...

A Christmas Secret is a charming short story for children about six little girls who share a flickering, candlelit plan — to stay awake and catch Santa Claus coming down the chimney. Each girl adds her own wondering voice to the secret: Will the reindeer bolt from the rooftop? How does Santa fit so many toys in one small pack? What if he's too shy to stop? Their whispered excitement builds until a...

"The Christmas Present Incident" by Clara J. Denton opens in Santa's cosy North Pole home, where a troubling Christmas Eve story unfolds over breakfast. A scheming boy hung multiple stockings to trick Santa into filling them all — and Santa, never one to be fooled, rerouted the gifts to two other boys down the street. When those boys run into unexpected troubles with their new automobile and pony,...

The Christmas Stocking Adventure is a short children's story about eight neighbours — Mary, Esther, Lottie, Dorothy, Fred, Will, George, and Henry — who discover that a sick girl across the street may have no real Christmas. Each child contributes something personal: Will sews a bright red stocking, Lottie buys a tea-set with her dishwashing earnings, and George gives up his bob-sled savings for a...

"Christmas Songs" by Maud Lindsay brings readers into the festive Hall of Merryville, where a single melody hummed by the village Fiddler sets off a joyful chain of shared songs. A young maid named Joy stills the crowd with her luminous voice, a bashful kitchen lad charms everyone with a tune about his fair lady Doris, and the jolly Squire unites the company in rounds of catch-singing. The story c...

Traditional Christmas is a short bedtime story that follows a group of little girls dressed in snow-white gowns and evergreen wreaths as they move through the cherished rituals of the Christmas season. From hanging stockings on Christmas Eve to emptying them at sunrise, attending church, and receiving gifts from a glowing tree, each moment is woven together with a gentle, song-like refrain. The st...

Christmas Influence is a short story about Edward, a cold-hearted miser who turns away his sick sister's children on Christmas Eve without a second thought. That night, two wicked giants — Selfishness and Hard-heart — boast of their hold over him, but four magical Christmas Fairies named Love, Joy, Peace, and Unselfishness have other plans. Waving their gilded wands, they work to undo years of gre...

"No Christmas In The House" is a Christmas short story set in the cosy town of Frostville, where the Wallace family faces an unusually cold holiday season — not from the snow outside, but from their father's firm refusal to celebrate. While Mr. Wallace dismisses the festivities as unnecessary fuss and expense, his children Alice and Fred quietly craft homemade gifts and write heartfelt letters to...

"Christmas With Mother Goose" is a free children's short story set in a magical land where the Old Woman who lives in a shoe fears Santa cannot visit — her home has no chimney. As Christmas Eve deepens, her children grow anxious, until Mother Goose sweeps in with a sparkling wand and rallies beloved nursery rhyme friends — Boy Blue, Bo-Peep, Simple Simon, and Miss Muffet — to decorate, bring gifts...

"The Yule Log" by Maud Lindsay brings a Christmas morning to life in a village Hall, where a great green log is hauled through the streets with shouts of "Hail, Christmas Log!" The Squire lights the fire with a saved piece of last year's log, carrying warmth from one Christmas to the next. As evening falls and guests gather, the Squire's lively little son sets the night in motion — pointing his fi...

Christmas in the Barn is a short story about young Johnny, who discovers that his parents accidentally bought two Christmas trees. Rather than let one go to waste, he hatches a secret plan: a barn Christmas tree for all his beloved animals. With bones for Rover, hay for the cow, carrots for Bunny, and milk for Kitty, Johnny carefully prepares each gift with genuine tenderness. The result is a wond...

"Lafayette" follows Fay, a pampered French poodle who grows restless with his silk cushions, pink bow, and polished reputation in the park. One impulsive morning, he slips his leash and bolts into the muddy streets beyond his wealthy neighborhood. There he meets Tige, a scrappy stray who survives on stolen bones and sleeps on bare ground. As Fay navigates a world of backyard brawls and hard-won fr...

Calico Pie is a whimsical short story by Edward Lear set in a magical land of vivid colour and peculiar creatures. Blue birds feast on Calico Pies, a hat-wearing fish shares Calico Jam by the Syllabub Sea, tiny mice dance in teacups, and insects stomp to the beat of the Calico Drum — yet every creature, after their joyful visit, disappears and never returns. Beneath the playful nonsense runs a qui...

The "Go-Sleep" Story is a soothing children's bedtime story in which a dog, two kittens, three bunnies, four geese, and five chicks each wonder if little Baby Ray has gone to sleep yet. One by one, the animals slip out in their white nightgowns and tiptoe to the porch, where Ray's mother tells a growing, rhythmic story that adds each new visitor in turn. With every visit the lullaby-like refrain g...

The Moon Lady's Daughter is a fairy tale short story about a Queen who receives a miraculous gift — a baby girl born from moonlight, lent to her by the Moon Mother herself. The Princess grows into a beloved young woman, but her heart belongs to the gardener's son, a match her royal parents forbid. When her lover is locked in a tower, the Princess reaches out to the moon in despair — and the Moon L...

The Fairy Queen's Jewels is a short fairy tale following a band of mischievous elves determined to steal the dazzling jewels worn by the Fairy Queen and her court. Spying through the night, the elves track the fairies across dewy fields and into moonlit dells, certain they are about to uncover a glittering hidden treasure. But no matter how closely they watch or how desperately they search, the je...

"The Queen of the Sea" is a children's fairy tale in which the mermaid is chosen by all the creatures of the ocean to replace the aging Neptune as ruler of the seas. Kind, beautiful, and beloved, she seems destined for the throne — yet as her coronation approaches, one problem threatens to stop everything: she cannot find fabric worthy of a queen's gown. While the fastest and most capable fish rac...

Uncle Wiggily and Little Bo-Peep is a short story that follows Uncle Wiggily Longears, a cheerful rabbit gentleman, on a simple errand to buy chocolate for Nurse Jane's cake. Along the way he discovers Little Bo-Peep in tears behind a bush — she has lost her sheep and is too afraid to return home to Mother Goose without them. With warmth and quick thinking, Uncle Wiggily comes up with a clever sol...