This book is designed to last the whole family throughout the season of Christmas. The contents range from the old rhyme of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to Thomas Hardy's "The Oxen" and Langston Hughes's tender "Carol of the Brown King" and from Kenneth Grahame's animal story "Bertie's Escapade" to the poignancy of Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Match Girl". At the heart of this book is the story of the nativity, told in the words of the King James Bible, but there is also fun and laughter to be found in folktales such as the Norwegian "The Cat on the Doverfell". Memories of Christmas past shape Alison Uttley's "Christmas Day" while Elizabeth Enright's "A Christmas Tree for Lydia" and O'Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" explore the deeper meaning of the season in two classic Christmas stories.
- ISBN10 000193516X
- ISBN13 9780001935167
- Publish Date 10 October 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 July 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English