{"product_id":"a-merry-christmas-and-other-christmas-stories","title":"A merry Christmas and other Christmas stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Merry Christmas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her “little women” to the timeless “What Love Can Do,” wherein the residents of a boarding house come together to make a lovely Christmas for two poor girls. Wildly popular at the time of their publication—readers deluged Alcott with letters demanding sequels—and drawing on Alcott’s family and experiences in the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements, these stories have the authentic texture and detail of Christmas in nineteenth-century America, while their emphasis on generosity and charity make them timeless embodiments of the Christmas spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePenguin Christmas Classics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGive the gift of literature this Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecreated the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCollect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChristmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Anthony Trollope\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby L. Frank Baum\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Louisa May Alcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Nikolai Gogol\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by E. T. A. Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45817594413232,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/2750\/3024\/files\/BEEEEDAA-40E6-453D-946C-CEF4ACE993A3.png?v=1794606306","url":"https:\/\/smolstore.ca\/products\/a-merry-christmas-and-other-christmas-stories","provider":"SMOL Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}