Christmas Comes but Once a Year

By Leighton, John

Book Id: WPLBN0002950845
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File Size: 91.00 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Author:	Leighton, John
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Humor, Holiday
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Historic Publication Date:	1850
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Leighton, B. J. (1850). Christmas Comes but Once a Year. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
A Christmas tale of John Brown's ghastly family (suburban snobs), Captain Bonaventure de Camp and his equally awful brood (a dubious crew), and poor Soavo Spohf, organist of St. Stiff the Martyr, gifted in musical ability but not blessed in looks or love. No-one could call this a great work of literature, but it definitely raises a few chuckles and it also offers a fascinating glimpse into Christmas festivities and social mores in well-to-do households in the mid-19th century. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Humor, Holiday, History