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ink__and__page's review against another edition
3.0
While it did not have a tremendous plot line, it did have some beautiful language expressing the charm of old Christmas traditions and treasuring time with family and friends during the Christmas season. I’m glad to have experienced something new by this author as my only other read by this author was The Legend of Sleepy Hallow. Glad to try something new and feel nostalgic about Christmas traditions in my own life during this read.
ngerharter's review against another edition
3.0
I got an absolutely lovely 1910 edition of this book from family for my birthday.
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Although I finished it after Christmas, it was on a snowy morning, the perfect setting for a book about warm holiday traditions. I hope I can re-read it during the holidays each year to get in the spirit.
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#1 - A book you own but hadn't read.
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Although I finished it after Christmas, it was on a snowy morning, the perfect setting for a book about warm holiday traditions. I hope I can re-read it during the holidays each year to get in the spirit.
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#1 - A book you own but hadn't read.
pussreboots's review against another edition
3.0
A memoir / description of English Christmas traditions pre Dickens.
jennshelfishlife's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting look at earlier Christmas celebrations written in Irving's notable descriptive writing style.
danielle_w's review against another edition
3.0
A sweet, festive read about Victorian British Christmas traditions. Illustrations were such fun!
lordofthemoon's review against another edition
2.0
This is an odd little book. It starts off with an essay describing why Christmas was better in the Old Days and then proceeds to a travelogue in which the narrator runs into an old friend while travelling the country at Christmas and is invited to the family homestead where he encounters all sorts of quaint old traditions in the old school.
I don't really grok this book. I'm not sure if it's parodying the sort of nostalgia which Britain has been famed for these last centuries or whether it's actually indulging in such nostalgia. The one thing that I did admire about the book is the illustrations. Apparently Randolph Caldecott was a well-regarded artist in his day, and the illustrations are lush, from the full-page ones to the smaller ones that adorn almost every page, they're very definitely beautiful.
I mostly picked the book up because the edition that I found was very old, and I love old books. This particular one was from 1903 and has a handwritten inscription from 1905 on the inside and another one below that to the original writer's granddaughter, and I loved that. The book itself failed to grab me though. If nothing else, at least it's short.
I don't really grok this book. I'm not sure if it's parodying the sort of nostalgia which Britain has been famed for these last centuries or whether it's actually indulging in such nostalgia. The one thing that I did admire about the book is the illustrations. Apparently Randolph Caldecott was a well-regarded artist in his day, and the illustrations are lush, from the full-page ones to the smaller ones that adorn almost every page, they're very definitely beautiful.
I mostly picked the book up because the edition that I found was very old, and I love old books. This particular one was from 1903 and has a handwritten inscription from 1905 on the inside and another one below that to the original writer's granddaughter, and I loved that. The book itself failed to grab me though. If nothing else, at least it's short.
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