In Harriet Beecher Stowe's short story, Christmas in Poganuc”, a young New England girl, Dolly, is left alone while the village gathers at the church to celebrate Christmas. This timeless holiday classic was first published in the collection, A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others” in 1895. It follows up on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s earlier work Poganuc Their Loves and Lives”.