Christmas Every Day and Other Stories (Illustrated): Humorous Children’s Stories for the Holiday Season

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Extract: The little girl came into her papa’s study, as she always did Saturday morning before breakfast, and asked for a story. He tried to beg off that morning, for he was very busy, but she would not let him. So he began: Well, once there was a little pig… She put her hand over his mouth and stopped him at the word. She said she had heard little pig-stories till she was perfectly sick of them. Well, what kind of story shall I tell, then?
About Christmas. It’s getting to be the season. It’s past Thanksgiving already. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed The Dean of American Letters , he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story Christmas Every Day , and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Christmas Every Day is a short story by William Dean Howells about a young American girl, whose wish that Christmas would come daily is granted for an entire year, until she realizes the true meaning of the holiday season. Table of Contents: - Christmas Every Day - Turkeys Turning the Tables - The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express - The Pumpkin Glory - Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly