Take Joy!: The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book

ISBN: 0529049627

Author: Tudor, Tasha

Condition: Used

This is an anthology of Christmas stories embellished with Tudor's illustrations, including Tudor Christmas cards. The last 20 pages recount Tasha Tudor's Christmas celebrations.

[Christmas Thoughts]
Fra Giovanni's Letter --
The Nativity According to Saint Luke --
"Whosoever on ye nighte of ye nativity ..." / Anonymous --
"Some say, that ever 'gainst that Season comes ..." / Shakespeare.

[Christmas Stories]
The Fir Tree / Hans Christian Andersen --
The Christmas Coin / Nora Burglon --
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner (an exerpt from The Christmas Carol) / Charles Dickens --
Christmas in London / Rachel Field --
The Caravan / Ruth Sawyer --
The Gift of the Magi / O. Henry --
The Holy Night / Selma Lagerlf --
A Child's Christmas in Wales (exerpt) / Dylan Thomas.

[Christmas Poems]
Our Brother is Born / Harry and Eleanor Farjeon --
To His Saviour, a Child, a Present by a Child / Robert Herrick --
'Twas the Night Before Christmas / Clement C. Moore --
An Alphabet of Christmas / Anonymous --
Feeding Birds / Rumer Godden --
As Dew in Aprille / Anonymous --
A Christmas Carol / Gilbert K. Chesterton --
Christmas Carol (from The Wind in the Willows) / Kenneth Grahame.

[Christmas Carols]
The Twelve Days of Christmas --
The Holly and the Ivy --
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella --
We Wish You a Merry Christmas --
The Cherry Tree Carol --
O Holy Night! --
Here We Come A-Caroling --
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear --
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming --
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing --
Silent Night --
I Saw Three Ships --
Carol of the Birds --
The Boar's Head Carol --
Deck the Halls --
Joy to the World! --
The First Noel --
While Shepherds Watched --
O Little Town of Bethlehem --
Noel Sing We --
Away in a Manger --
O Come, All Ye Faithful --
Jingle Bells --
The Coventry Carol --
Angels, From the Realms of Glory --
Angels We Have Heard on High --
What Child Is This? --
We Three Kings of Orient Are.

[Christmas Lore and Legends]
The Legend of the Raven --
The Ox's Cake --
The Rosemary Legend --
The Bird Tree --
The Legend of the Lucia Queen --
The Legend of the Holy Thorn --
The Blossoming Tree --
The Kissing Bough --
Twelfth Night.

[Tasha Tudor's Christmas]
Christmas at the Tudor's Farm --
St. Nicholas' Birthday --
The Advent Wreath --
Christmas Sugar Cookies --
Making and Filling Cornucopias --
Bringing in the Tree --
Hanging Stockings --
The Animals' Christmas --
The Birds' Christmas --
Making Marionettes --
The Marionette Show --
The Gingerbread Castle --
The Dolls' Christmas --
Accessories to the Feast --
Roasting the Turkey --
The Crche in the Oven --
Christmas Day