A Celtic Christmas: Classic Tales from the Emerald Isle | 
 enlarge | Creator: Mairtin O'griofa
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0806995866
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.266309415
EAN: 9780806995861
Publication Date: September 1996
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14 b/w illustrations! Light a cozy fire, pour yourself a dram or a pint, and curl up with these charming tales of Christmas from Ireland's past. Here's a personal invitation to share an evening with a wealth of lively characters weaving fantastic, humorous, or sentimental, tales about love, drink, ghosts, and villainy. Rich with superstition and tradition, these aren't ordinary Christmas stories. They have the quintessential Irish spirit, and you can almost smell the succulent goose roasting and hear the glasses clinking. Start with "Galway Jack's Christmas," as three people ponder the past, and love lost and found. Read closely, and you'll see that "Ballymaconkey Christmas Club" plays a variation on Dickens' "Christmas Carol." Another tale drops you right into the middle of 1920s Dublin, where a whiskey-loving bachelor gets tricked into proposing marriage. You'll meet one-eyed, one-armed Barney Broderick, who undergoes a series of hysterical mishaps, and a miser who experiences a dark, gritty fate. Each of these 14 tales will entertain you throughout the holiday season! Trim size: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2.
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An annual Irish treasure September 28, 2006
Maureen Barnes (Bloomington IL)
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A Celtic Christmas, edited by Mairtin O'Griofa, is a collection of short stories set in early 20th century Ireland. Some settings urban and others rural, the assorted characters are young, old, rich, poor, self-centered and benevolent. The stories run from humorous to thought provoking and even sentimental and tender. It has become part of my Christmas tradition and I have re-read it every December for the past ten years.
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