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These Christian short stories are in alphabetical order by title. Just Christmas Stories 
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Brother Robber: a Christmas Short Story
A 9 page story of St. Francis for family reading at Christmas - when Brother Angelo turns away the hungry robbers, what will St. Francis say?
The Carpenter's Christmas: a Christmas Short Story
A 10 page Christmas short story set as a European folk tale. A nagging wife is horrified when her carpenter husband fixes a neighbor's roof instead of going to church on Christmas Eve. Who is right?
The Chess Player: a Christmas Short Story
13 pages: Crusty old farmer Dyhema wants to play chess on Christmas Eve, but the parson can't get there through the snow storm. Instead, someone arrives to play a game that is life-changing...but who will win?
An Easter Story
3 pages: A simple story suitable for family read-aloud time. The boy, Jacob, led his father down the rocky hillside that led up to Jerusalem from Jericho. His father, Ezra, had been blind from birth...
The Three Trees
3 pages: Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: "I want to hold treasure. In Spanish and English.
Grandfather's Stories
11 page short story: It is Christmas Eve on a large Prussian estate shortly after the great upheaval now known as World War I, and several tenants have gathered with their masters for the evening. Christoph, their elderly coachman, has been coaxed into telling a story for old times’ sake.
The Guest: a Christmas Short Story
11 page story: Many years ago, in Czarist Russia, a man was traveling through Siberia. While he was staying with a family in a remote village, his host told him this story...
The Innkeeper's Son: a Christmas Short Story
12 page story: Suitable for family read-aloud time this Christmas. The blind son of a cruel innkeeper takes in a stranger on Christmas Eve. What will happen next?
The Legend of Christopherus
3 pages: Once upon a time a boy was born, and his parents named him Opherus. He was a very strong boy, and did not know what to do with all his strength. Even at a young age, he broke tools and agricultural equipment... In Spanish and English.
The Legend of Heliopher
3 pages: Based on a Russian legend told by Maxim Gorki as “Danko of the Burning Heart.” Once upon a time there was a race which was lost in a great, dark forest. The trees stood so close together that the light of the sun could not penetrate the thickly entwined branches...
The Manger Mouse
4 page short story: A cat and a mouse meet at the manger on Christmas Eve. Suitable for family reading with younger children, who will enjoy the lovely descriptions of that starry night.
Razor-Wire Christmas
18 page short story: Stuck behind bars this Christmas, Julio worries about his wife, who is about to have their first child. Escape is impossible, or is it?
The Secret Flower
Written with a measured beauty that recalls Tolstoy and Tolkien, Clement's poems and short stories carry an uplifting sense of expectancy - of something new on the way. Jane Tyson Clement (1917-2000) was a mother, teacher, and poet.
Three Young Kings
17 page Christmas short story set in Cuba. Three boys play the Three Kings who deliver gifts on the eve of Epiphany. But what will they give the poor children they pass on the street? A delightful story of strong tradition broken by the power of love. In English and Spanish.
Walk in the Light
An unrivaled introduction to a literary and spiritual giant, these 24 short stories in a free ebook have stood the test of time for over a century.
The White Robin: A Short Story for Children
This short story will be a good discussion starter for elementary grades. A story of racism and intolerance among children, who through drought, fire, and suffering realize that bravery and courage is not dictated by the color of a child's skin.
Willibald's Trip to Heaven: a Christmas Short Story
11 page Christmas short story: Willibald Krautmann and Christmas—these two things belonged together like a door and its hinges, like a clock and its face, like a bell and its tower. The whole year round he dreamed of and prepared for Christmas. In his lifetime he had carved more than a thousand figurines; he had built sixty manger scenes, and never once had he missed the annual crèche-makers’ conference in Innsbruck....
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