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Playing Santa Claus, and Other Christmas Tales

Chapter 2: PREFACE.
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A series of short moral tales for children set around the winter holidays, each vignette depicting domestic life, play, and family gatherings. Stories show young people facing small hardships and learning practical lessons about generosity, empathy, and industriousness through gift-giving, sharing food, and simple acts of service. Narratives alternate cheerful scenes of celebration with moments of disappointment redirected into helpful deeds, and practical advice about thrift and compassion is woven throughout. The tone is warm and didactic, emphasizing that mindful kindness to others yields lasting satisfaction and that even small contributions can brighten another family’s holiday.

PREFACE.

A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you, dear children! This little volume comes to you as a holiday gift, and in its pages we have endeavored to show you that true and lasting happiness can be found only in doing good to others. Let the lesson sink deep into your hearts. Even the least among you can do much good. Look around you. Do not wait for some great opportunity to offer, but with willing hearts and busy hands perform the most trifling acts of usefulness to others. Continue to do this throughout the year, and we will promise you that when another New Year dawns upon the earth, you will look back with rejoicing, giving thanks to your Heavenly Father that you have found that true happiness which can never be taken from you.