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A narrator spends Christmas at an old country estate, waking to children singing carols and joining the family for prayers in a private chapel led by an affectionate Squire and aided by the musically ambitious Master Simon. The household shares a sturdy old-fashioned breakfast while walking the frost-coated grounds with a troop of loyal dogs and admiring the stately terraces. The party attends a nearby village church where a pedantic parson objects to mistletoe and a choir assembled by Master Simon collapses into comic discord during a planned anthem. Vivid attention to rituals, antiquarian tastes, and quaint local characters evokes a warm, old-world holiday atmosphere.

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Title: Christmas Day

Author: Washington Irving

Illustrator: Cecil Aldin

Release date: June 17, 2016 [eBook #52361]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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We were escorted by a number of gentleman-like dogs