My Favorite Christmas Stories for Children

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"The Magic Letter"  by Dean Kiser

A TRUE STORY

By the age of four, Roger Dean Kiser had been abandoned, first by his parents and then his grandparents and placed in a Florida orphanage. Unable to adapt to the difficult, often cruel and abusive environment of the orphanage, and stigmatized by his repeated attempts to run away, he was transferred to a Florida reform school at age twelve. Roger's poignant recollections of his painful childhood experiences will take you into the heart of a child abandoned by his family and abused by the system responsible for his care.

Now an adult, Roger Dean Kiser writes about his childhood along with his current-day tales. A real-life Tom Sawyer, Roger's stories find a common ground in each of us. Roger Dean Kiser is a simple man with only a sixth-grade education yet he possesses a wonderful ability, storytelling.

See this Christmas Angel Story here

"The Gift of the Magi" 

written by William Sydney Porter
Under the pen name O. Henry

The story was initially published in The New York Sunday World with the title "Gifts of the Magi" on December 10, 1905. It was allegedly written in a booth at "Pete's Tavern" on Irving Place in  New York City.

This is a sentimental story with a surprise ending that demonstrates a moral lesson about gift-giving. 

It is a Christmas Story about love. How a young married couple, so in love,  are able to give each other a most precious Christmas Gift when they both are so very broke. Penniless!

They do discover the perfect gift for each other. 

(Read the Story)

These legends come from Eastern European  folktale which explains the origin of tinsel on Christmas trees. It is most prevalent in Ukraine  where small ornaments in the shape of a spider are traditionally a part of the Christmas tree decorations.

In addition, there are many different folk legends dealing with Christmas Spiders that come from the Ukraine and/or Germany.

In Germany, it seems there are many variations on the tale depending on the religious preference of the person telling the story. However, in all cases the association with spider webs and Christmas/Yule tree tinsels seems apparent.

Read more about this at my Christmas spiders page.