Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern

Ein Weihnachtsmärchen von Hans Christian Andersen
(1805-1875), dänischer Schriftsteller

Es war entsetzlich kalt. Es schneite, und der Abend dunkelte bereits. Es war der letzte Abend im Jahre, Silvesterabend.

In Icelandic folklore, Gryla is a giant troll with hooves for feet. Each Christmas, Gryla comes down from her mountain cave to hunt for naughty children, dragging them home in a sack so she can cook them for her Christmas stew. (She also ate a few h

Art by Vera Pavlova

The Little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds

Unknown Bulgarian Author
Bulgarian

One year the wicked Winter Witch decided to stop Spring from coming on time and make Winter the only season on Earth. She hid the Sun behind dark c

"Santa Claus drives out of sight." Illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Published in Twas the Night Before Christmas, Clement Moore (1912), Houghton Mifflin Company.

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and