CHRISTMAS OBSERVED brings together
a selection of the best literature written
on this celebration over the centuries.
The first part of the volume contains
seven pieces on the spiritual meaning of
the event itself, from the piety of John
Milton s On the Morning of Christ s
Nativity through to the modern-day
concern of men such as Anthony Ross
and Hugh MacDiarmid. In contrasts,
G. K. Chesterton provides an entertain-
ing detective story, The Flying Stars, and
Robert Louis Stevenson the chilling
Markheim, the story of a Christmas
murder. Stevenson s poem Christmas
at Sea is also included, together with
Rudyard Kipling s Christmas in India,
providing a glimpse of Christmas abroad.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s humorous ( and
hitherto unpublished in book form) An
Exciting Christmas Eve, together with
examples of the humour of Saki, P. G.
Wodehouse and Arnold Bennett, illus-
trate the lighter side of the festivities.
Extracts from the diaries of Samuel Pepys
and T.B. Macaulay s History of England,
together with Joseph Addison s SirRoger
on Christmas provide an insight into
Christmas past, and a collection of
poems, including Thomas Hardy s Christ-
mas, 1924, shows Christmas in the
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