Book Listing\n\n\uD83D\uDCDA Book Details\n\n--Title: Old Christmas (Arcturus Ornate Classics) by Washington Irving (HB 2022)\n--Publisher: Arcturus (30 Oct. 2022)\n--Language: English\n--Hardcover: 208 pages\n--ISBN-10: 1398818755\n--ISBN-13: 978-1398818750\n\uD83D\uDCDD Description\n\nThis elegant gift edition brings together Washington Irvings five Christmas stories in a single volume presented with a delightful gold-embossed cover design and gilded page edges. Originally published in 1819-20 and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott the five stories in Old Christmas describe English traditions of Christmas and recount the festivities that Irving experienced while visiting Aston Hall (here known as Bracebridge Hall) a Jacobean mansion near Birmingham UK. Christmas reflects on the meaning of Christmas and the ceremonies and festivities that attend it. The Stage Coach follows the protagonist as he spends Christmas eve in a small town during a coach stop. Christmas Eve Christmas Day and .