Project Gutenberg 2022-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 140 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria 01026295 A Christmas greeting $aUnited States :$bDodd, Mead and Company,$c1901. "A merry Christmas!" -- England -- The King's crown -- Hymn for the coronation -- The soul of Queen Alexandra -- A Christmas carol at Sandringham -- A question of faith -- The voice in the cathedral -- The ghost in the sedan-chair -- King Henry's love-song ("Ah, my sweet sweeting") / words by King Henry VIII; music by Marie Corelli -- The fire of life -- The devil's motor -- God and Satan -- "Imaginary" love -- A forgiveness -- "Care-takers" -- Joe's orchid -- Savage London -- One rose! -- The laurels of the brave -- To "The quarterly" -- The prayer of the small country M.P. -- The children's pages: King Buttercup's Wedding. How Jack built his house. The swimming shoes. Children's evening hym. Krista Zaleski, Tim Lindell, Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Christmas Greeting" by Marie Corelli is a reflective work written in the early 20th century. This piece captures the contemplative musings of the author regarding the Christmas season, contrasting the joy of the holiday with the melancholic realities of modern society. Corelli encourages readers to embrace the spirit of Christmas while critiquing contemporary apathy and self-centeredness, suggesting that true merriment lies in kindness and community. At the start of the book, Corelli introduces the age-old greeting of "Merry Christmas" and immediately reflects on the jaded attitudes that some people hold towards this cherished sentiment. She paints a vivid picture of modern society filled with complaints and sadness, lamenting the loss of the simple joys associated with Christmas. Through her prose, she urges even the pessimists to find solace in the holiday, emphasizing the significance of joy, love, and togetherness amid personal and collective grief. The opening establishes a tone of warmth and nostalgia, inviting readers to reconnect with the lighter, more joyful aspects of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/christmasgreetin00core_0/page/n5/mode/2up 20200518015340corelli 1901 US Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Christmas stories, English Christmas poetry, English Religious fiction, English PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 360171 2025-07-27T12:27:39.070459 text/html 357665 2022-12-22T02:44:15 text/html 8970353 2025-07-27T12:28:07.847286 application/epub+zip 2603612 2025-07-27T12:27:50.989382 application/epub+zip 366840 2025-07-27T12:27:40.439467 application/epub+zip 6859704 2025-07-27T12:28:13.149255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3166443 2025-07-27T12:27:57.182409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290711 2025-07-27T12:27:37.971435 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290433 2022-12-22T02:44:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18936 2025-07-27T12:28:13.318270 application/rdf+xml 18330 2025-07-27T12:27:40.801413 image/jpeg 1685 2025-07-27T12:27:40.616411 image/jpeg 116233 2022-12-22T02:44:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 10802049 2022-12-22T02:44:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 10912589 2025-07-27T12:27:39.614473 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia