A Classic Christmas: A Collection of Timeless Stories and Poems

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This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features 15 old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia.

A Classic Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, L. M. Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol, the world-renowned holiday favorite). The volume also includes poems from Clement Clarke Moore, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Christina Rossetti, Margaret Deland, Libbie C. Baer, and Anna de Brmont. This collection is a timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never changes.

• Affordable and giftable size
• Presentation page for writing a meaningful message for gifting
• Perfect as a stocking stuffer, white-elephant gift, or host gift
• Filled with hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories and poems
• Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Vintage Christmas and A Timeless Christmas

Filled with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Classic Christmas is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for any reader in your life.

• Revisit the most beloved Christmas story of all time, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
• Delight in the wonder, joy, and humor of Clement Clarke Moore's classic poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
• Discover the magical story of a tree whose secret thoughts come to life during the holidays in Hans Christian Anderson's "The Fir Tree."
• Share with your family the beauty and warmth of the Yuletide season with poetry from Paul Laurence Dunbar, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many others.

This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and cozy family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.

Author Bio

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the Navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. He began Oliver Twist in 1837, followed by Nicholas Nickleby (1838) and The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41). A Christmas Carol appeared in 1843, David Copperfield in 1850. In later works, such as Bleak House (1853) and Little Dorrit (1857), Dickens's social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage. He published Hard Times in 1854, A Tale of Two Cities in 1859, and Great Expectations in 1860. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, was never completed and he died on June 9, 1870.