01411cam a2200289 i 4500 283102284 TxAuBib 20020308120000.0 020308s1982||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 81-50583 9780670221103 $25.00 0670221104 $25.00 TxAuBib rda Newcombe, Jack. A Christmas Treasury / edited by Jack Newcombe. New York, NY : The Viking Press, 1982. 474 p : hardbound. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The spirit of Christmas, more than that of any other time of year, comes to us through reading. In this collection Jack Newcombe has assembled stories, poems, and excerpts from a glittering constellation of American and European writers spanning the past four centuries. The settings of the pieces range from the American frontier to Wessex to the trenches of World War I, their tone from reverence to merriment to disillusionment; but evident in each is the sense of Christmas as a special time of year that draws people to reflection and memory even in the mist of clamor. 20020308. Christmas Literary collections. Poems. Literature. Christmas stories.