Fifty-four works of well-loved poets and authors compose this holiday collection.

In the week when Christmas comes / Eleanor Farjeon -- Christmas is coming / English rhyme -- Day before Christmas / Marchette Chute -- December / John Updike -- Dimmest and brightest month am I / Christina Rossetti -- Ramona and the three wise persons / Beverly Cleary -- Trouble with pies / David McCord -- The Christmas pudding / Traditional -- Duckle, duckle, daisy / Leroy F. Jackson -- The elves and the shoemaker / The Brothers Grimm -- The puppy who wanted a boy / Jane Thayer -- Little tree / E.E. Cummings -- The birth of Jesus / Luke 2:1-20 -- Away in a manger / attributed to Martin Luther -- What you gonna name that pretty little baby? / Spiritual -- Baboushka / Russian folk tale -- Jingle bells / James Pierpont -- A present for Santa Claus / Carolyn Haywood -- The more it snows / A.A. Milne -- Snowflakes / Marchette Chute -- Merry Christmas / Aileen Fisher -- The Christmas thief / Jay Williams -- Once there was a snowman / Anonymous -- A sled for Christmas / Jack Prelutsky -- The little blue dishes / Anonymous -- Long, long ago / Anonymous -- What can I give Him? / Christina Rossetti -- How far is it to Bethlehem? / Francis A. Chesterton.