Old Christmas

Old ChristmasWashington Irving's delightful account of a festive Christmas holiday includes five incomparable essays. Written well over a century ago, Irving's sketches "celebrate the celebration" with heartwarming descriptions of Yuletide events. Irving recalls with warmth and wonder his many colorful experiences of a traditional Victorian Christmas while a guest at an English estate from the Christmas Eve trip by a stagecoach filled with "rosy cheeked boys"

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