One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions First published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was an instant classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it in person and bought out the first printing in days.
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Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L.
Beautifully designed hardcovers--with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and nameplates for personalization--in a small trim size that makes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embody the spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honored stories about the holiday.
And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.
The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales.
The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it.
The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London.
A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling.
The six volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself.
Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages.
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Originally conceived as a pamphlet against exploitative capitalism before taking its current form, it has inspired dozens of theatrical and movie adaptions, and its characters, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, are forever inscribed in our hearts and minds.
Its reception was so ecstatic that it is credited with helping to revive interest among the Victorians in Christmas traditions, including caroling and holiday cards, as well as inciting an unexpected wave of charitable giving from Britain\'s Industrial Age robber barons.
One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions First published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was an instant classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it in person and bought out the first printing in days
