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General Collections

The Holiday Book
by Francis Channing
Internet Archive

The Christian Year
by John Keble
Gutenberg Text

Good Stories for Holidays
by Frances Jenkins Olcott
Gutenberg Text

Our Holidays
by Various
Gutenberg Text

Holiday Stories for Young People
by Various
Gutenberg Text

Washington’s Birthday

Washington’s Birthday
by Various, Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler
Gutenberg Text

Easter

The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
edited by Logan Marshall
Gutenberg Text
The story of Christ’s death and resurrection is nicely told.

Independence Day, July 4th

The Declaration of Independence

Summer

The Summer Holidays
by Amerel
Gutenberg Text

Halloween

Also see Sci-fi & Ghost Stories

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
Gutenberg Text
8th to 9th grade reading level, read aloud to younger students

Games for Hallow-e’en
by Mary E. Blain
Gutenberg Text

Thanksgiving

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
By Louisa May Alcott
eldritch press

John Inglefield’s Thanksgiving
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gutenberg Text

Thanksgiving night, or, Tales told in winter weather
Internet Archive

Christmas

Christmas. Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse
Robert Haven Schauffler
Gutenberg Text

Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse
by Eugene Field
Gutenberg Text

In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II
by Harrison S. Morris
Gutenberg Text

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
by Clement A. Miles
Gutenberg Text

Yule-Tide in Many Lands
by Mary Poague Pringle and Clara A. Urann
Gutenberg Text

The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories
Edited by Asa Don Dickinson & Ada M. Skinner
Gutenberg Text

Christmas Eve
by Robert Browning
Gutenberg Text

Christmas in Legend and Story
by Elva S. Smith
Gutenberg Text

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Gutenberg Text

Some Christmas Stories
by Charles Dickens
Gutenberg Text

Old Christmas
by Washington Irving
Gutenberg Text

The First Christmas Tree
by Henry Van Dyke
Gutenberg Text

The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
by Various
Gutenberg Text

Christmas Entertainments
by Alice Maude Kellogg
Gutenberg Text

Twas the Night before Christmas

An alternative Text
by Clement Clarke Moore
Gutenberg Text