Twelve Classics of Christmas

Name: Twelve Classics of Christmas
Brand: Ingram Book Company
SKU: 9781665977654
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Various

Series: The Essential Christmas Classics Collection

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Twelve Classics of Christmas invites you to count down to the holidays with a collection of twelve of the most famous Christmas stories in this cosy anthology. Usher in the holidays with classic short stories and poems from renowned authors such as Louisa May Alcott, F.... Read More

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Twelve Classics of Christmas invites you to count down to the holidays with a collection of twelve of the most famous Christmas stories in this cosy anthology.

Usher in the holidays with classic short stories and poems from renowned authors such as Louisa May Alcott, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Brothers Grimm, and Charles Dickens. From “A Visit from St. Nicholas” to “The Gift of the Magi,” these classics full of hope, humour, and holiday magic have been staples of the season for generations. With each one brief enough to be read in one sitting, these tales from Christmases past are the perfect way to welcome the holiday.

This cosy collection includes:

“A Kidnapped Santa Claus” by L. Frank Baum
“The Elves and the Shoemaker” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
“Tilly’s Christmas” by Louisa May Alcott
“Squeaky and the Scare Box” by Georgene Faulkner
“Papa Panov’s Christmas Special” by Ruben Saillens, translated by Leo Tolstoy
“The Christmas Masquerade” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
“A Christmas Inspiration” by L. M. Montgomery
“A Luckless Santa Claus” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The Legend of the Babouscka” by Anonymous
“The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton” by Charles Dickens
“A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement C. Moore

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665977654

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 September 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Aladdin

Illustration: f-c soft-touch matte lam cvr on metallic stock w- emboss and spot uv

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 93g

Pages: 128

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