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The Christmas Angel

Abbie Farwell Brown

Book Overview: 

Disagreeable old Miss Terry spends her Christmas Eve getting rid of toys from her childhood toy box. One by one she tosses them onto the sidewalk in front of her house, then secretly watches the little scenes that occur, which seem to confirm her belief that true Christmas spirit does not exist. Then the Angel from her childhood Christmas tree appears to show Miss Terry that she has not yet witnessed the final act of each of those little dramas...

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .hing like a chuckle she drew out a soft, pale creature with four wobbly legs.

"The Flanton Dog!" she said. "Well, I vow! I had forgotten all about him. It was Tom who coined the name for him because he was made of Canton flannel."

She stood the thing up on the table as well as his weak legs would allow, and inspected him critically. He certainly was a forlorn specimen. One of the black beads which had served him for eyes was gone. His ears, which had originally stood up saucily on his head, now drooped in limp dejection. One of them was a mere shapeless rag hanging by a thread. He was dirty and discolored, and his tail was gone. But still he smiled with his red-thread mouth and seemed trying to make the best of things.

"What a nightmare!" said Miss Terry contemptuously. "I know there isn't a child in the city who wants such a looking thing. Why, even the Animal Rescue folks would give the boys a 'free shot' a. . . Read More

Community Reviews

In the same vein as 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, this story is about a grumpy old lady who has lost her Christmas spirit. In an experiment to prove there is no such thing, she throws each of her childhood toys out onto the street on the eve of Christmas and keeps watch to see what happens

A long time ago around this time of the year, Christmas spirit meant a lot more than beating each other at shopping for thoughtful Christmas gifts. This book felt like a call from the past to remind readers of compassion, repentance, forgiveness, hope and love.

On Christmas Eve, when Miss Terry conc

Reminiscent of A Christmas Carol, this is a lovely story of a disillusioned old woman who rediscovers that the Christmas Spirit can be found in many guises, and can work in many ways for good.

Miss Angelina Terry was a woman with no time for nonsense, which she expansively defined to include everything from forgiveness for her estranged brother to indulging in the joy of the holidays. "Fiddlestick!" was invariably her response. Sorting through a chest containing the toys and holiday decor

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