Excerpt from Christmas Builders Here was trouble inthe land, all on account of Christmas. Men stood bewildered and women were dis tracted, not knowing what to do. The trouble was that Christmas had become too small. Once there was room enough in it and to spare. Only a few of the inhabitants of the earth brought their treasures into it. But little by little the world learned of the beauty of Christ mas until everybody, almost, wanted to get into it, and not only into it him self, but he wanted to bring all his re latives and friends, every one of them laden with packages and bundles, un til at last Christmas became crowded to suffocation. There was not room to turn round. Everybody was so huddled and jostled, and there was so much. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.