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Journey Into Christmas & Other Stories (original 1928; edition 1985)

by Bess Streeter Aldrich

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The true meaning of Christmas emerges in these stories about reunited families, good fellowship, and restored faith. This is not to say that all is sugar candy. The mother in the title story faces a lonely Christmas in an empty house--but then something quite ordinary but miraculous happens. In "The Drum Goes Dead," a small-town bank cashier, a solid citizen and sterling friend, is dispirited by hard times until he discovers, through his own resources, that it is indeed a wonderful life. Here are nine other holiday stories, by turns dramatic, humorous, and inspirational. The closing piece recalls the author's childhood in Iowa. Bess Streeter Aldrich is well remembered for A Lantern in Her Hand, from which Christmas on the Prairie is reprinted, and Spring Came On Forever.… (more)
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Journey into Christmas by Bess Streeter Aldrich (1928)

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Some of the stories got repetitive (you could tell where her mind was when she wrote them), but she still had the deft prose that I feel in love with when I read Song Of Years. Well worth revisiting her--it brought back lovely memories. ( )
  OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |
Some very humorous, touching Christmas stories from the prairie from the late 1800's to the 1940's. ( )
  dara85 | Jan 19, 2017 |
Holiday stories that are dramatic, humorous, and inspirational by an author from Iowa.
  peacelutheran | Jun 1, 2011 |
Warm, nostalgic, sentimental holiday stories from the 1940's. ( )
  mritchie56 | Oct 29, 2007 |
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Margaret Staley stood at her library  window looking out at the familiar elms and the lace-vine arbor.
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The true meaning of Christmas emerges in these stories about reunited families, good fellowship, and restored faith. This is not to say that all is sugar candy. The mother in the title story faces a lonely Christmas in an empty house--but then something quite ordinary but miraculous happens. In "The Drum Goes Dead," a small-town bank cashier, a solid citizen and sterling friend, is dispirited by hard times until he discovers, through his own resources, that it is indeed a wonderful life. Here are nine other holiday stories, by turns dramatic, humorous, and inspirational. The closing piece recalls the author's childhood in Iowa. Bess Streeter Aldrich is well remembered for A Lantern in Her Hand, from which Christmas on the Prairie is reprinted, and Spring Came On Forever.

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