The Christmas Peace
The Christmas Peace is a heartwarming story of a family's holiday celebration in the rural Virginia countryside. The story follows the family as they prepare for the holiday season, from decorating the house to baking cookies and making gifts. As the family celebrates, they are reminded of the importance of peace and goodwill, and the joy of the season. Along the way, they learn valuable lessons about the power of love and friendship, and the importance of family. The story is a timeless reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.
By Thomas Nelson Page · First published 1908 · Genre: Fiction, Holiday Fiction, Short Story · 8 chapters · 12,218 words
First lines
They had lived within a mile of each other for fifty-odd years, old Judge Hampden and old Colonel Drayton; that is, all their lives, for they had been born on adjoining plantations within a month of each other. But though they had thus lived and were accounted generally good men and good neighbors, to each other they had never been neighbors any more than the Lévite was neighbor to him who went down to Jericho.
Kindly to everyone else and ready to do their part by all other men, the Draytons and the Hampdens, whenever they met each other, always passed by on the other side.
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The Christmas Peace is listed on Textopian as a novel by Thomas Nelson Page, dated 1908 CE.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Thomas Nelson Page
- Date: 1908 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Fiction, Holiday Fiction, Short Story, Romance, Historical Fiction
- Length: 12,218 words
- Structure: 8 chapters, 240 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Fiction — The Christmas Peace is a work of fiction written by Thomas Nelson Page.
- Holiday Fiction — The Christmas Peace is a story about the holiday season and the peace it brings.
- Short Story — The Christmas Peace is a short story written by Thomas Nelson Page.
- Romance — The Christmas Peace contains a romantic subplot between two of the characters.
Tags
Christmas stories · Fiction · Social life and customs · Southern States · boy · came · colonel · drayton · ever · eyes · face · father
Contents
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8