Christmas Every Day and Other Stories (Illustrated): Humorous Children's Stories for the Holiday Season: Turkeys Turning the Tables, The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express, The Pumpkin Glory, Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly

By William Dean Howells

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"The little girl came into her papa's study, as she always did Saturday morning before breakfast, and asked for a story. He tried to beg off that morning, for he was very busy, but she would not let him. So he began: "Well, once there was a little pig… "She put her hand over his mouth and stopped him at the word. She said she had heard little pig-stories till she was perfectly sick of them. "Well, what kind of story shall I tell, then?" "About Christmas. It's getting to be the season. It's past Thanksgiving already."
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. "Christmas Every Day" is a short story by William Dean Howells about a young American girl, whose wish that Christmas would come daily is granted for an entire year, until she realizes the true meaning of the holiday season.
Table of Contents:
Christmas Every Day
Turkeys Turning the Tables
The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express
The Pumpkin Glory
Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly

• Language: English
• Publisher: e-artnow
• Release date: Dec 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9788026848301

William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells was a realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings.

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Reviews for Christmas Every Day and Other Stories (Illustrated)

[tloeffler_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very cute, quaint little book, a 1996 re-release with beautiful illustrations. I enjoyed it.

[maydacat_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a nice example of “be careful what you wish for because it might come true.” It’s a cautionary tale a father tells his young daughter. First published in 1908, this story was featured in Richard Paul Evans’ “The Christmas Box” and has been published again with a forward by him. It’s an interesting tale, but somehow it lacks that warm fuzzy feeling of modern Christmas stories.