title: Mary and Her Miracle: The Christmas Story Retold
author:  Barbara Cawthorne Crafton 
description: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is a popular preacher, retreat leader, and writer. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader&amp;rsquo;s Digest, Episcopal Life, and other publications. She is the author of many books, including The Courage to Grow Old, Let Every Heart Prepare, Some Things You Just Have to Live With, The Sewing Room, Living Lent, and Mary and Her Miracle. She lives in Metuchen, New Jersey.
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  # Young Lucretia and Other Stories
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mary E. Wilkins
  
  
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  * [YOUNG LUCRETIA](ylut_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [HOW FIDELIA WENT TO THE STORE](ylut_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [ANN MARY HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS](ylut_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [ANN LIZY'S PATCHWORK](ylut_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [THE LITTLE PERSIAN PRINCESS](ylut_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [WHERE THE CHRISTMAS-TREE GREW](ylut_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [WHERE SARAH JANE'S DOLL WENT](ylut_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [SEVENTOES' GHOST](ylut_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [LITTLE MIRANDY AND HOW SHE EARNED HER SHOES](ylut_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [A PARSNIP STEW](ylut_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [THE DICKEY BOY](ylut_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [A SWEET-GRASS BASKET](ylut_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [MEHITABLE LAMB](ylut_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  
  
  
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