This delightful, seasonal collection of tales associated with Christmas translated from French and Spanish sources represents a genre seldom practiced today: the holiday tale. Collected from a variety of sources and representing several styles from fable to memoir, these stories evoke a sense of wonder at the magic of Christmastime. Appropriate for reading by adults and older children alike, this set of fifteen accounts of the holiday experience will create a reflective mood for many readers.

Antoinette Ogden was best known as a travel writer and translator. She wrote a book of French lessons and an article in the Atlantic Monthly which became her best-known work, A Drive through the Black Hills.