{"product_id":"2940013157903","title":"CHRISTMAS IN LEGEND AND STORY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"THE GRACIOUS TIME\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS\u003cbr\u003e  ST. LUKE, II, 1-16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHILD BORN AT BETHLEHEM\u003cbr\u003e  HORACE ELISHA SCUDDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING\u003cbr\u003e  OLD ENGLISH CAROL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PEACEFUL NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e  JOHN MILTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHRISTMAS SILENCE\u003cbr\u003e  MARGARET DELAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEIGHBORS OF THE CHRIST NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e  NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTMAS CAROL\u003cbr\u003e  FROM THE NEAPOLITAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHRISTMAS HYMN\u003cbr\u003e  RICHARD WATSON GILDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SONG OF A SHEPHERD--BOY AT BETHLEHEM\u003cbr\u003e  JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST CHRISTMAS ROSES\u003cbr\u003e  ADAPTED FROM AN OLD LEGEND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE GRAY LAMB\u003cbr\u003e  ARCHIBALD BERESFORD SULLIVAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOLY NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e  ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE STAR BEARER\u003cbr\u003e  EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN\u003cbr\u003e  ST. MATTHEW, II, 1-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREE KINGS\u003cbr\u003e  HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREE HOLY KINGS\u003cbr\u003e  ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND, AND OTHER SOURCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE\u003cbr\u003e  EUGENE FIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBABOUSCKA\u003cbr\u003e  ADELAIDE SKEEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT\u003cbr\u003e  SELMA LAGERLÖF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HAUGHTY ASPEN\u003cbr\u003e  NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE MUD-SPARROWS\u003cbr\u003e  ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHILDREN OF WIND AND THE CLAN OF PEACE\u003cbr\u003e  FIONA MACLEOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHILD JESUS IN THE GARDEN\u003cbr\u003e  AUTHOR UNKNOWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MYSTIC THORN\u003cbr\u003e  ADAPTED FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BLOOMING OF THE WHITE THORN\u003cbr\u003e  EDITH MATILDA THOMAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER\u003cbr\u003e  ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eST. CHRISTOPHER OF THE GAEL\u003cbr\u003e  FIONA MACLEOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CROSS OF THE DUMB\u003cbr\u003e  FIONA MACLEOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHRISTMAS SONG OF CAEDMON\u003cbr\u003e  H.E.G. PARDEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGOOD KING WENCESLAS\u003cbr\u003e  JOHN MASON NEALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHRISTMAS AT GRECCIO: A STORY OF ST. FRANCIS\u003cbr\u003e  SOPHIE JEWETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SIN OF THE PRINCE BISHOP\u003cbr\u003e  WILLIAM CANTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEARL SIGURD'S CHRISTMAS EVE\u003cbr\u003e  HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHRISTMAS LEGEND\u003cbr\u003e  FLORENCE SCANNELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE\u003cbr\u003e  SELMA LAGERLÖF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFÉLIX\u003cbr\u003e  EVALEEN STEIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SABOT OF LITTLE WOLFF\u003cbr\u003e  FRANÇOIS COPPÉE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE FRIEND\u003cbr\u003e  ABBIE FARWELL BROWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHERE LOVE IS, THERE GOD IS ALSO\u003cbr\u003e  COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOÏ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTMAS IN\u003cbr\u003eLEGEND AND STORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"THE GRACIOUS TIME\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to tradition, on the Holy Night there fell upon Bethlehem of\u003cbr\u003eJudea a strange and unnatural calm; the voices of the birds were hushed,\u003cbr\u003ewater ceased to flow and the wind was stilled. But when the child Jesus\u003cbr\u003ewas born all nature burst into new life; trees put forth green leaves,\u003cbr\u003egrass sprang up and bright flowers bloomed. To animals was granted the\u003cbr\u003epower of human speech and the ox and the ass knelt in their stalls in\u003cbr\u003eadoration of the infant Saviour. Then it was that the shepherds abiding in\u003cbr\u003ethe field with their flocks heard the angels praising God, and kings of\u003cbr\u003ethe Orient watching in their \"far country\" saw ablaze in the heavens the\u003cbr\u003elong-expected sign. Even in distant Rome there sprang up a well or\u003cbr\u003efountain which \"ran largely\" and the ancient prophetess, Sibyl, looking\u003cbr\u003eeastward from the Capitoline hill heard the angel song and saw in vision\u003cbr\u003eall the wonders of that night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many such traditional tales of the nativity, of the \"star-led\u003cbr\u003ewizards\" and of the marvels wrought by the boy Christ. They tell of the\u003cbr\u003ebees singing their sweet hymn of praise to the Lord, of the palm-tree\u003cbr\u003ebending down its branches that the weary travellers fleeing from the wrath\u003cbr\u003eof Herod might be refreshed by its fruit, of the juniper which opened to\u003cbr\u003econceal them and of the sweet-smelling balsam which grew wherever the\u003cbr\u003edrops of moisture fell from the brow of the Boy \"as He ran about or toiled\u003cbr\u003ein His loving service for His Mother.\" Quaint fancies some of these,\u003cbr\u003eperhaps, and not all of them worth preserving; but oftentimes beautiful,\u003cbr\u003eand with a germ of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the centuries between then and now, come stories of holy men, of\u003cbr\u003ebishops and peasant-saints, and of brave men who preached the White Christ\u003cbr\u003eto the vikings of the north or on Iona's isle. As in popular belief, with\u003cbr\u003eeach returning eve of the nativity the miracles of the first Christmas\u003cbr\u003ehappen again, so in these tales the thorn-tree blossoms anew and wonderful\u003cbr\u003eroses bloom in the bleak forest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther stories tell how on each Christmas eve the little Christ-child comes\u003cbr\u003eagain to earth and wanders through village or town, while lighted candles\u003cbr\u003eare placed in the windows to guide Him on His way.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147504173296,"sku":"2940013157903","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013157903_p0.jpg?v=1763577272","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013157903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}