American Christmas stories
Book - 2021
"Christmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that showcase how the holiday became one of the signature aspects of our culture. Spanning from the origins of the American tradition of holiday storytelling in the wake of the Civil War to today, this is the biggest and best anthology of American Christmas stories ever assembled. From ghost stories to the genres of crime, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror, stories of Christmas morning, gifts, w...ise men, nativities, family, commercialism, and dinners from New York to Texas to outer space, this anthology reveals the evolution of Christmas in America--as well as the surprising ways in which it has remained the same."--Amazon.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Christmas fiction
Short stories - Published
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New York, N.Y. :
The Library of America
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xvii, 450 pages ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781598537062
- Introduction
- How Santa Claus Came to Simpsons Bar
- Kate's Choice
- A Letter from Santa Claus
- Found After Thirty-Five Years-Lucy Marshall's Letter
- From the Garden of a Friend
- Christmas Every Day
- Thurlow's Christmas Story
- Klondike Christmas
- A Little Pilgrim
- An Old-Time Christmas
- General Washington
- The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking
- The Set of Poe
- A Chaparral Christmas Gift
- According to Solomon
- The Picture Puzzle
- A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church
- The Christmas Magazines: And the Inevitable Story of the Snowbound Train
- Christmas Afternoon
- The Sermon in the Cradle
- Holiday Thoughts
- Bethlehem, Dec. 25
- The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed
- A Criminal's Christmas
- A Visit from Saint Nicholas
- One Christmas Eve
- The Three Wise Guys
- Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the Magi
- Santa Claus is a White Man
- Back for Christmas
- No Room at the Inn
- Two People He Never Saw
- The Butler's Christmas Eve
- A Christmas Story
- "Santa Clo" Comes to La Cuchilla
- The Gift
- Christmas Trombone
- The Wild Wood
- From Raising Demons
- The Loudest Voice
- The Christmas of the Phonograph Records
- The Big Rock Candy Figgy Pudding Pitfall
- The Carol Sing
- The Night Before Christmas
- The Santa Claus Compromise
- The Christmas Kid
- The War Beneath the Tree
- Track of a Legend
- And All Through the House
- The Impossible Snowsuit of Christmas Past
- The H Street Sledding Record
- Buzz
- Fish Cheeks
- Checkup
- Three Wise Guys
- Inn
- Ixchel's Tears
- Reb Kringle
- A Young Candy Daughter
- List of Sources
- Index of Authors