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.