Counting the days / James S. Tippett -- Visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore -- Lost Christmas / Howard Knotts -- Words from an old Spanish carol / Ruth Sawyer, translator -- Cat in the manger / Wendie Old -- Story of old Befana / Jan Evans-Tiller -- Apple tree Christmas / Trinka Hakes Noble -- Presents / Marchette Chute -- Letter from Father Christmas / J.R.R. Tolkien -- In the Great Walled Country / Raymond Alden -- Elves and the shoemaker / retold by Freya Littledale -- Tree that trimmed itself / Carolyn Sherwin Bailey ; adapted by Eva Moore -- Littles' Christmas / John Peterson -- Conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus / Rowena Bennett.