Christmas Stories and Legends - Couverture souple

King, Nellie C; Gladden, Washington

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1607620154 ISBN 13 : 9781607620150

Editeur : Norilana Books, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Christmas Stories and Legends is a collection of tales to restore "the real spirit of Christmas" to the jaded world of . . . 1913. Even then, editor Phebe A. Curtiss worried children, especially, might get lost in the day's creeping commercialism. She aimed the book at schools and Sunday schools, and assembled twenty bits of Christmas lore to teach a proper observance. She includes, of course, the Nativity story, but other parts of yesterday's Christmas will be much less familiar to modern readers. The song, "White Christmas," hadn't been written yet, and the expression meant something more than snow. People gave white gifts to symbolize purity. Children might have had visions of sugarplums, but the book includes the unsweetened versions of two weepers from Hans Christian Anderson: "The Little Match Girl" and "The Fir Tree." (The tree learns too late to appreciate Christmas -- on the bonfire afterward.) And little Tom has to learn he is lucky to receive new skates for Christmas, even if they're the wrong brand. The book brings back great-grandfather's Christmas as a gift for today's worriers. Christmas always came with problems. But it always came, anyway.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Christmas classics short stories are a collection of renowned Christmas tales which are admired throughout the world. Start reading to unlock the Christmas magic.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Norilana Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1607620154
• ISBN 13: 9781607620150
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144