This page indexes resources at sacred-texts relating to the Christmas holiday. Primary Texts A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore [1823] A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [1843] Other books Christmas in Ritual and Tradition By Clement A. Miles [1912] An in-depth study of the Pagan origins of the holiday. Fifty Christmas Poems for Children By Florence B. Hyett [1923] Traditional Christmas songs. Manners, Customs, and Observances: Their Origin and Significance by Leopold Wagner [1894] Includes information about Christmas traditions. Festivals of Western Europe by Dorothy Gladys Spicer [1958] Includes information about on traditional European Christmas observances.