American Christmas stories /
American Christmas stories /
edited and with an introduction by Connie Willis.
- xvii, 450 pages ; 21 cm
- Library of America .
- Library of America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / Kate's choice / A letter from Santa Claus / Found after thirty-five years-Lucy Marshall's letter / From the garden of a friend / Christmas every day / Thurlow's Christmas story / Klondike Christmas / A little pilgrim / An old-time Christmas / General Washington / The kid hangs up his stocking / The set of Poe / A chaparral Christmas gift / According to Solomon / The picture puzzle / A Christmas party that prevented a split in the church / The Christmas magazines : and the inevitable story of the snowbound train / Christmas afternoon / The sermon in the cradle / Holiday thoughts / Bethlehem, Dec. 25 / The tree that didn't get trimmed / A criminal's Christmas / A visit from Saint Nicholas / One Christmas Eve / The three wise guys / Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the magi / Santa Claus is a white man / Back for Christmas / No room at the inn / Two people he never saw / The butler's Christmas Eve / A Christmas story / "Santa Clo" comes to La Cuchilla / The gift / Christmas trombone / The wild wood / From Raising Demons / The loudest voice / The Christmas of the phonograph records / The big rock candy figgy pudding pitfall / The carol sing / The night before Christmas / The Santa Claus compromise / The Christmas kid / The war beneath the tree / Track of a legend / And all through the house / The impossible snowsuit of Christmas past / The H Street sledding record / Buzz / Fish cheeks / Checkup / Three wise guys / Inn / Ixchel's tears / Reb Kringle / A young candy daughter / Connie Willis -- Bret Harte -- Louisa May Alcott -- Mark Twain -- J. B. Moore Bristor -- Mary Agnes Tincker -- William Dean Howells -- John Kendrick Bangs -- Jack London -- Stephen Crane -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Pauline E. Hopkins -- Jacob Riis -- George Ade -- O. Henry -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Edward Lucas White -- Margaret Black -- Dorothy Parker -- Robert Benchley -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Ben Hecht -- Heywood Broun -- Christopher Morley -- Sherwood Anderson -- James Thurber -- Langston Hughes -- Damon Runyon -- Leo Rosten -- John Henrik Clarke -- John Collier -- Edna Ferber -- John McNulty -- Mary Roberts Rienhart -- Katherine Anne Porter -- Abelardo Díaz Alfaro -- Ray Bradbury -- Raymond E. Banks -- Mildred Clingerman -- Shirley Jackson -- Grace Paley -- Mari Sandoz -- Joan Didion -- John Updike -- Tomás Rivera -- Thomas M. Disch -- Pete Hamill -- Gene Wolfe -- Cynthia Felice -- Ed McBain -- George V. Higgins -- Ron Carlson -- Steve Rasnic -- Amy Tan -- Ann Petry -- Sandra Cisneros -- Connie Willis -- José R. Nieto -- Nathan Englander -- Nalo Hopkinson. Introduction /
"Christmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that showcase how the holiday became one of the signature aspects of our culture. Spanning from the origins of the American tradition of holiday storytelling in the wake of the Civil War to today, this is the biggest and best anthology of American Christmas stories ever assembled. From ghost stories to the genres of crime, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror, stories of Christmas morning, gifts, wise men, nativities, family, commercialism, and dinners from New York to Texas to outer space, this anthology reveals the evolution of Christmas in America--as well as the surprising ways in which it has remained the same."--Amazon.
1598537067 9781598537062
2021938737
Christmas stories, American.
Short stories.
Christmas fiction.
Short stories.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / Kate's choice / A letter from Santa Claus / Found after thirty-five years-Lucy Marshall's letter / From the garden of a friend / Christmas every day / Thurlow's Christmas story / Klondike Christmas / A little pilgrim / An old-time Christmas / General Washington / The kid hangs up his stocking / The set of Poe / A chaparral Christmas gift / According to Solomon / The picture puzzle / A Christmas party that prevented a split in the church / The Christmas magazines : and the inevitable story of the snowbound train / Christmas afternoon / The sermon in the cradle / Holiday thoughts / Bethlehem, Dec. 25 / The tree that didn't get trimmed / A criminal's Christmas / A visit from Saint Nicholas / One Christmas Eve / The three wise guys / Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the magi / Santa Claus is a white man / Back for Christmas / No room at the inn / Two people he never saw / The butler's Christmas Eve / A Christmas story / "Santa Clo" comes to La Cuchilla / The gift / Christmas trombone / The wild wood / From Raising Demons / The loudest voice / The Christmas of the phonograph records / The big rock candy figgy pudding pitfall / The carol sing / The night before Christmas / The Santa Claus compromise / The Christmas kid / The war beneath the tree / Track of a legend / And all through the house / The impossible snowsuit of Christmas past / The H Street sledding record / Buzz / Fish cheeks / Checkup / Three wise guys / Inn / Ixchel's tears / Reb Kringle / A young candy daughter / Connie Willis -- Bret Harte -- Louisa May Alcott -- Mark Twain -- J. B. Moore Bristor -- Mary Agnes Tincker -- William Dean Howells -- John Kendrick Bangs -- Jack London -- Stephen Crane -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Pauline E. Hopkins -- Jacob Riis -- George Ade -- O. Henry -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Edward Lucas White -- Margaret Black -- Dorothy Parker -- Robert Benchley -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Ben Hecht -- Heywood Broun -- Christopher Morley -- Sherwood Anderson -- James Thurber -- Langston Hughes -- Damon Runyon -- Leo Rosten -- John Henrik Clarke -- John Collier -- Edna Ferber -- John McNulty -- Mary Roberts Rienhart -- Katherine Anne Porter -- Abelardo Díaz Alfaro -- Ray Bradbury -- Raymond E. Banks -- Mildred Clingerman -- Shirley Jackson -- Grace Paley -- Mari Sandoz -- Joan Didion -- John Updike -- Tomás Rivera -- Thomas M. Disch -- Pete Hamill -- Gene Wolfe -- Cynthia Felice -- Ed McBain -- George V. Higgins -- Ron Carlson -- Steve Rasnic -- Amy Tan -- Ann Petry -- Sandra Cisneros -- Connie Willis -- José R. Nieto -- Nathan Englander -- Nalo Hopkinson. Introduction /
"Christmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that showcase how the holiday became one of the signature aspects of our culture. Spanning from the origins of the American tradition of holiday storytelling in the wake of the Civil War to today, this is the biggest and best anthology of American Christmas stories ever assembled. From ghost stories to the genres of crime, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror, stories of Christmas morning, gifts, wise men, nativities, family, commercialism, and dinners from New York to Texas to outer space, this anthology reveals the evolution of Christmas in America--as well as the surprising ways in which it has remained the same."--Amazon.
1598537067 9781598537062
2021938737
Christmas stories, American.
Short stories.
Christmas fiction.
Short stories.