the parcels and displaying the presents.  Quote some of the remarks directly, and speak of particularly pleasing or absurd gifts.  Go on and tell of the sports and pleasures of the day.  Speak of the guests, describing some of them, and telling what they said and did.  Try to bring out contrasts here.  Put as much emphasis as you wish upon the dinner, and the quantities of good things consumed.  Try to quote the remarks of some of the people at the table.  If your theme has become rather long, you might close it by a brief account of the dispersing of the family after dinner.  You might, however, complete your account of the day by telling of the evening, with its enjoyments and its weariness.

COLLATERAL READINGS

Wild Life Near Home D.L.  Sharp
A Watcher in the Woods " "
The Lay of the Land " "
Winter " "
The Face of the Fields " "
The Fall of the Year " "
Roof and Meadow " "
Wild Life in the Rockies Enos A. Mills
Kindred of the Wild C.G.D.  Roberts
Watchers of the Trail " " "
Haunters of the Silences " " "
The Ways of Wood Folk W.J.  Long
Eye Spy W.H.  Gibson
Sharp Eyes " "
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey
Everyday Birds " "
Nature’s Invitation " "
Bird Stories from Burroughs (selections) John Burroughs
Winter Sunshine " "
Pepacton " "
Riverby " "
Wake-Robin " "
Signs and Seasons " "
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar Bret Harte
Santa Claus’s Partner T.N.  Page
The First Christmas Tree Henry Van Dyke
The Other Wise Man " "
The Old Peabody Pew K.D.  Wiggin
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman Annie F. Johnson
Christmas Zona Gale
A Christmas Mystery W.J.  Locke
Christmas Eve on Lonesome John Fox, Jr. 
By the Christmas Fire S.M.  Crothers