went away again.

After a time, when the baby had grown larger, Mary took him back to
Nazareth, and there he lived and grew up.

And he grew to be such a sweet, wise, loving boy, such a tender,
helpful man, and he said so many good and beautiful things, that every
one loved him who knew him. Many of the things he said are in the
Bible, you know, and a great many beautiful stories of the things he
used to do while he was on earth.

He loved little children like you very much, and often used to take
them up in his arms and talk to them.

And this is the reason we love Christmas Day so much, and try to make
everybody happy when it comes around each year. This is the reason:
because Christ, who was born on Christmas Day, has helped us all to be
good so many, many times, and because he was the best Christmas
present the great world ever had!




THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY.

"The story brings forward other people, other relations, other times
and places, other and even quite different forms; notwithstanding this
fact, the auditor seeks his image there."--FROEBEL,