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Old Christmas
Old Christmas
Old Christmas
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Old Christmas

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A charming volume of old English Christmas traditions written by famed American author Washington Irving: Christmas, The Stage Coach, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, The Christmas Dinner.

This book, published in 1886 and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, chronicles the American writer Washington Irving's nostalgic recollections of Christmas traditions in 19th century England. The text first appeared in 1819 in Irving's Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which also contained such classics as "Rip van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
LanguageEnglish
Publisheranboco
Release dateAug 19, 2016
ISBN9783736406810
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Washington Irving

Washington Irving Was born in New York City in 1783. He lived in the United States, England, and Spain (where he served as an American diplomatic attache). A prolific author, Irving wrote The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Alhambra, and biographies of George Washington and Christopher Columbus, among other works. He is best remembered, however, for his two most famous stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

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