Christmas Stories [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO Christmas Stories By Jacob A. Riis New York The Macmillan Company 1923 _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Copyright, 1897, 1898 and 1909, By THE CENTURY CO. Copyright, 1911, By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. Copyright, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1914 and 1923, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1923. THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY NEW YORK CONTENTS PAGE THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING 1 IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? 8 THE CROGANS' CHRISTMAS IN THE SNOWSHED 17 THE OLD TOWN 33 HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT 53 THE SNOW BABIES' CHRISTMAS 59 JACK'S SERMON 75 MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS 84 WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS 123 NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS 138 THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY 150 LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE 165 THE BURGOMASTER'S CHRISTMAS 177 Christmas Stories THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING