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Table of Contents
Storybook Advent Calendar
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Stories, Poems & Prayers
December 1:
What is God, Mommy?
By
Lewis Brech
Page 8
December 2:
The Road Not Taken
By Robert
Frost
Page 11
December 3:
The Little Match Girl
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Page 12
December 4:
Christmas Bells
By
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Page 15
December 5:
The Cobbler’s Guest
By
Anne McCollum Boyles
Page 16
December 6:
The Foolish Fir-tree
by
Henry Van Dyke
Page 19
December 7:
Matthew, Mohammed & Micah
Part I
Page 22
Christmas, Eid & Hanukkah,
By Lewis Brech
This story is best for children over 8-years old.
Alternate
for December 7:
The First Journey
with Reindeer Part I
By L Frank
Baum Page 33
December 8:
Matthew, Mohammed & Micah:
Part II
Page 28
Alternate for December 8:
The First Journey with
Reindeer Part II Page 38
December 9:
On the Morning of
Christ's Nativity
By John Milton
Page 41
December 10:
Thomas & the Christmas
Orange
By Lewis Brech
Page 42
December 11:
The Christmas Spirit
By Louisa May Alcott
Page 48
December 12:
While Humble Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks
By
Nahum Tate & Nicholas Brady Page 50
The Perfect Christmas Candy, by Lewis Brech
Page 51
December 13:
The Three Trees Part I
By Lewis Brech
Page 53
December 14:
The Three Trees
Part II By
Lewis Brech
Page 56
December 15:
Giving
By Kahlil
Gibran
Page 60
December 16:
Ring Out Wild Bells
by Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
Page 62
December 17:
Marmion
By Sir Walter Scott
Page 63
December 18:
Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse, By Charles Dickens
Page 65
December 19:
Finding Christmas
Part I By
Lewis Brech
Page 67
December 20:
Finding Christmas
Part II
By Lewis Brech
Page 70
December 21:
A Strawberry Christmas
Tree,
By Lewis Brech
Page 73
December 22:
Anna: Mother of Mary
By
Kahlil Gibran
Page 76
December 23:
‘Twas the Night Before
Christmas
By Clement Clarke
Moore
Page 78
December 24:
The Nativity Story:
By The
Apostles Matthew & Luke
Page 80
A
Christmas Prayer
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Page 84
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Christmas Carols:
Full
text to each included
1.
Angels From The Realms of Glory
(1816, Ireland)
Page 86
2.
Away In A Manger
(Lyrics: 1885,
Composition: 1895, USA)
Page 89
3.
Deck the Halls
(1881, USA)
Page 90
4.
The First Noel (1500s,
England)
Page 106
5.
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
(1400s,
England)
Page 87
6.
Good King Wenceslas
(Composition: 1500s, Lyrics: 1853, Finland)
Page 88
7.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
(1500s
France)
Page 91
8.
Greensleeves (What Child Is This)
(Composition:
1584, Lyrics: 1865, England)
Page 92
9.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(Lyrics: 1739,
Composition: 1840, USA)
Page 93
10.
I
Saw Three Ships
(1870, England)
Page 94
11.
It
Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(1849 Lyrics: 1859)
Page 96
12.
Jingle Bells
(1857, USA)
Page 95
Includes the Lost Verses
13.
O
Christmas Tree
(1824, Germany)
Page 97
14.
O Come, All Ye Faithful
(1700s Lyrics:, 1751, Composition:,
England)
Page 98
15.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
(1100s, England)
Page 99
16.
Oh Holy Night (1847,
France)
Page 100
17.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
(1861, USA)
Page 101
18.
Silent Night (1816,
Austria)
Page 102
19.
Twelve Days of Christmas
Lyrics: 1780,
Composition: 16th Century
Page 103
Includes the real meaning of each of the 12-symbols
20.
We Three Kings (1857,
USA)
Page 107
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Appendix One
1.
The Apostle’s Creed
PAGE 116
2.
The Lord’s Prayer
PAGE 117
3.
The Beatitudes
PAGE 112
4.
The Seven Deadly Sins
PAGE 110
5.
The Seven Detestable Sins
PAGE 111
6.
The Twelve Apostles
PAGE 115
7.
The Pentateuch
PAGE 109
8.
The Seven Sacraments
PAGE 109
9.
The Nine Fruits
of The Holy Spirit
PAGE 113
10.
The Ten Commandments
PAGE 114
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Taken from the
New King James Bible, public domain version
Appendix Two
1.
How to Use The Storybook Advent Calendar & Carols Collection as a
Fundraiser
for your Church, Non-profit or Organization
PAGE 119
2. Photographs and
Artwork
PAGE 121
3.
About the Authors
PAGE 122
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