Family Christmas Treasures Hardcover - 2003

From the publisher

Slip Cased. Evokes the spirit of Christmas in all its joy and pageantry in words and images familiar and welcoming. Assembled here is a compendium of the best loved stories, poems, and reminiscences to be shared by the entire family. Some of these stories are as essential to preparing for the holidays as unwrapping the tree-top angel. The magnificent presentation of these works makes FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREASURES a treasure in its own right -- a book gloriously bedecked for holiday display. Opening this elegant book is like unwrapping a cherished Christmas gift again and again. Its deluxe format -- with three kinds of paper, hand tipped illustrations, gilded edges, gold-stamped slipcase, and ribbon marker -- ensures that the recipient of this book will consider it a rare luxury. Included in this treasury are excerpts from such classics as Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and E T A Hoffman's 'The Nutcracker', while selections -- including those from John Donne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and L Frank Baum -- appear in their entirety. Christmas stories by major contemporary writers such as Maeve Binchy and Katherine Patterson provide a balance of old and new.Accompanying these texts is a collection of exquisite art in full page, full colour format. Ranging from classic to modern, this collection includes the imaginative creations of such esteemed artists as Sandro Boticelli, Georges de la Tour, Norman Rockwell, Thomas Nast, N C Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and many others. FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREASURES is truly a gift in itself, evoking fond memories of Christmas past and inspiring family tradition of Christmases yet to come.