# The Birds' Christmas Carol

By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin.

"The Birds' Christmas Carol" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a novel published in 1888. The story follows Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child known for her loving and generous nature. At age five, Carol contracts a serious illness, and by ten, she is bedridden with little time left. Despite her condition, the cheerful and intelligent girl focuses on planning a special Christmas celebration for the nine children of the poor Ruggles family who live nearby. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Christmas stories; Children's stories; Terminally ill children -- Juvenile fiction

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