“Marget: A New Years Memory,” by Faith Fenton

Fenton, Faith. “Marget: A New Year’s Memory.” Green Holly: Sing Heigh-ho Unto the Green Holly [Stratford, ON? : s.n., 1895?]: 37-41.

This is a rather morose story for a holiday eve, but I suspect the pathos and sentimentality is intended to make us reflect on our lives at this moment of transition into a new year. I hope your evening is far better than this family’s, especially Marget’s. I really wonder what exactly it was that she felt she had to atone for…

 

“The Old Order Changeth,” by Ida Grindlay Jackson

Jackson, Ida Grindlay. “The Old Order Changeth.” National Home Monthly (November 1932): 4.

“The Hermit’s Christmas,” by Hilda Van Stockum

Van Stockum, Hilda. “The Hermit’s Christmas.” The Ensign (23 December 1950): 18.

Songs and Carols (1925), by Annie Charlotte Dalton

Songs and Carols was published for private distribution by the author and “Printed by C.B. at the Sign of the Raven” in 1925.

“After the Night,” by Irene H. Moody

Moody, Irene H. “After the Night.” Attar of Song (Toronto: Macmillan, 1936): 27.

“Holly Sprays,” by Agnes Lockhart Hughes

Hughes, Agnes Lockhart. “Holly Sprays) Westward Ho! Magazine (Vancouver) 3.5 (Dec. 1908): 390.