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Alice Maude Kellogg

1862–1911

Best known for lively school and holiday books, this American writer created recitations, plays, and seasonal programs meant to be performed and enjoyed by children. Her work captures a practical, cheerful side of late 19th-century family and classroom life.

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Christmas Entertainments

Christmas Entertainments

by Alice Maude Kellogg

About the author

Alice Maude Kellogg was an American writer who lived from 1862 to 1911. Surviving catalog and public-domain records connect her with a steady stream of books for schools, holidays, and young readers, including Christmas Entertainments, Authors' Birthdays, and Lincoln, the Patriot.

Her books suggest a writer with a strong feel for performance and occasion. Rather than focusing on long fiction, she often assembled recitations, songs, tableaux, and short pieces that teachers and children could use for Christmas, midwinter programs, patriotic observances, and other special days.

Much of her work now survives through library catalogs and public-domain archives, where it still offers a vivid glimpse of how American classrooms and homes once marked the seasons. Even in brief instructional pieces, her writing comes across as organized, practical, and warmly aimed at young audiences.