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100	1		_aCoolidge, Susan, _d1835-1905
245	1	0	_aWho Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? And Other Christmas Stories
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2015
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2015-04-20
505	0		_aWho ate the pink sweetmeat? / Susan Coolidge -- The whizzer / Mary Hartwell Catherwood -- The patroncito's Christmas / F.L. Stealey -- Cherry pie / Kate Upson Clark -- Bertie's ride / Lady Dunboyne -- Asaph Sheafe's Christmas / E.E. Hale.
508			_aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Jim Dishington and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? And Other Christmas Stories" by Susan Coolidge et al. is a collection of heartwarming Christmas stories written in the late 19th century. The stories delve into themes of generosity, kindness, and the joys of the holiday season, featuring a variety of characters—from stockings that dream of Christmas to children experiencing the magic of their first celebrations. Each tale captures the spirit of giving and the warmth of family traditions associated with Christmas. At the start of "Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?", we meet Job Tuke, the proprietor of a modest shop on the verge of a cold winter's Christmas. The dwindling stock in his shop leads to an engaging conversation between three pairs of stockings about their hopes for being chosen as Christmas gifts. As they contemplate their fate, they are unexpectedly sold together to a family, providing them the chance to fulfill their dreams of being hung up for Christmas. Their adventure continues in the home of Mrs. Wendte, where the stockings delight in the surprise of being filled with sweetmeats, highlighting the joy and excitement surrounding Christmas traditions and childhood innocence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aChristmas stories
653			_aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653			_aChildren's stories
653			_aChildren -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
700	1		_aCatherwood, Mary Hartwell, _d1847-1902
700	1		_aClark, Kate Upson, _d1851-1935
700	1		_aDunboyne, Lady, _d1842-1919
700	1		_aHale, Edward Everett, _d1822-1909
700	1		_aStealey, F. L.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48747
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