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This Way to Christmas
Classic fiction
This Way to Christmas
176 pages · First published 1916
Eight-year-old David is sent to the Hill Country with his caretaker Johanna after war abruptly takes his father away. Lonely and certain that Christmas has somehow disappeared from his life, David begins following stories and people who show him different ways the holiday can be understood. Tales of fairies, saints, trappers, and ordinary neighbors gradually turn his search into a journey toward generosity and belonging. Ruth Sawyer’s 1916 children’s novel blends a framing story with Christmas legends and folktales as David learns that the way to Christmas is not simply a road home.
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Spiced Christmas Cocoa
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French 75
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