Old Christmas
Warmly convivial and delightfully festival, this charming and long forgotten holiday classic, by one of American literature's most beloved writers, was inspired, in part, by Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule.

Splendid suppers and rural churches, cheerful dances and hearty spirits imbue this short novel with the magic of the season. This festive work, first published in 1885, deserves to be a holiday tradition alongside Dickens in the celebrations of the winter solstice.
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Old Christmas
Warmly convivial and delightfully festival, this charming and long forgotten holiday classic, by one of American literature's most beloved writers, was inspired, in part, by Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule.

Splendid suppers and rural churches, cheerful dances and hearty spirits imbue this short novel with the magic of the season. This festive work, first published in 1885, deserves to be a holiday tradition alongside Dickens in the celebrations of the winter solstice.
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Overview

Warmly convivial and delightfully festival, this charming and long forgotten holiday classic, by one of American literature's most beloved writers, was inspired, in part, by Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule.

Splendid suppers and rural churches, cheerful dances and hearty spirits imbue this short novel with the magic of the season. This festive work, first published in 1885, deserves to be a holiday tradition alongside Dickens in the celebrations of the winter solstice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798765515402
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 01/13/2022
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)
Age Range: 2 - 12 Years

About the Author

Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
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