120

About the Board 122

Before the Feast 123

A Bill of Christmas Fare 125

The Mahogany-Tree 126

A Christmas Ceremony 129

With Cakes and Ale 129

The Masque of Christmas 130

SANTA CLAUS.

A Visit from St. Nicholas 145

The Hard Times in Elfland[B] 148

Old Christmas 156

Mrs. Santa Claus 158

Santa Claus to Little Ethel 163

THE SEASON'S REVERIES.

Guests at Yule 169

Christmas in India 171

Christmas Violets 174

Dickens Returns on Christmas Day 175

A Grief at Christmas 176

My Sister's Sleep 183

Christmas in Edinborough. I. 186

Christmas in Edinborough. II. 187

Around the Christmas Lamp 188

Christmas Eve 189

Wonderland 190

Waiting 192

Aunt Mary 193

The Glad New Day 195

Under the Holly Bough 196

The Dawn of Christmas 198

Ballade of Christmas Ghosts 200

The Village Christmas 202

Winter 203

December 204

Christmas Weather in Scotland 205

Sir Galahad 212

A Thought for the Time 213

Ballade of the Winter Fireside 214

A Catch by the Hearth 216

Sally in Our Alley