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Summary: This book will enhance your holidays forever
Review: I came to Amazon searching for this book, which I read every Christmas season as a child and want to read to my kids now. It is a romantic story set in England, maybe around the 16th century, and wonderfully evokes the spirit of Christmasses long past. The characters are immediately accessible to modern readers, and it manages to be fuuny, charming and immensely informative at the same time. But beware - once you've read it, you may find yourself wanting to celebrate Dancing Day, Holy Innocents Day and a host of other long-forgotten festivals, to the consternation of your friends and relatives.
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Summary: My favourite Christmas story
Review: I was given this book for Christmas in 1972, and have r-eread it every Christmas since. It tells the story of the Kitson family who live in a coastal town in a vaguely medieval/tudor/stuart period. The three younger Kitson children, Prudence, James and Christopher, are desperate to get their elder sister Annaple married off, so that they will not have to endure her awful cooking and bossy ways. they convince her eager suitor, Francis, that he should be more romantic, so he thinks up more and more fanciful presents to send her. Being a merchant, he is used to buying in bulk, so as the days of Christmas pass, the Kitsons house fills up with unsuitable qunatities of partridges, hens, geese, swans etc, driving Annaple into a fury. The Christmas customs of each day are described in detail, making you long for the time when each day had its own individual customs and carols. The book is filled with humour and fun, it is the most enjoyable Christmas story I have ever read, I shall be reading it again this Christmas with undiminshed pleasure. Note to American readers: this book is still in print in the UK, you can get it from Amazon.co.uk
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Summary: My favourite Christmas story
Review: I was given this book for Christmas in 1972, and have r-eread it every Christmas since. It tells the story of the Kitson family who live in a coastal town in a vaguely medieval/tudor/stuart period. The three younger Kitson children, Prudence, James and Christopher, are desperate to get their elder sister Annaple married off, so that they will not have to endure her awful cooking and bossy ways. they convince her eager suitor, Francis, that he should be more romantic, so he thinks up more and more fanciful presents to send her. Being a merchant, he is used to buying in bulk, so as the days of Christmas pass, the Kitsons house fills up with unsuitable qunatities of partridges, hens, geese, swans etc, driving Annaple into a fury. The Christmas customs of each day are described in detail, making you long for the time when each day had its own individual customs and carols. The book is filled with humour and fun, it is the most enjoyable Christmas story I have ever read, I shall be reading it again this Christmas with undiminshed pleasure. Note to American readers: this book is still in print in the UK, you can get it from Amazon.co.uk
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Summary: A delightful book to be read aloud every Christmas season
Review: This is a delightful and very amusing love story based on the popular song, "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me .." Annaple Kitson is a hopeless romantic who has resisted Francis Vere's attentions because he is not creative enough in his courtship. This year he gets the idea and sends her gifts based on the fairy tales and rhymes she loves - more and more each day (just like the song!) We have read this book aloud to our children on the twelve days of Christmas for four years now and it is one of the highlights of the season for us. Everyone looks forward to the next day's story (The "kids" in our family are 4,6,10,12,43, and 45). Highly recommended!
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Summary: A delightful book to be read aloud every Christmas season
Review: This is a delightful and very amusing love story based on the popular song, "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me .." Annaple Kitson is a hopeless romantic who has resisted Francis Vere's attentions because he is not creative enough in his courtship. This year he gets the idea and sends her gifts based on the fairy tales and rhymes she loves - more and more each day (just like the song!) We have read this book aloud to our children on the twelve days of Christmas for four years now and it is one of the highlights of the season for us. Everyone looks forward to the next day's story (The "kids" in our family are 4,6,10,12,43, and 45). Highly recommended!
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