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A Christmas Greeting
H. C. Andersen
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"Well, then, let her come to him!" said the old ones; "he has a whole forest of burdocks, she has only a bush!"
And so they went and fetched little Miss Snail. It was a whole week before she arrived; but therein was just the very best of it, for one could thus see that she was of the same species.
And then the marriage was celebrated. Six earth-worms shone as well as they could. In other respects the whole went off very quietly, for the old folks could not bear noise and merriment; but old Dame Snail made a brilliant speech. Father Snail could not speak, he was too much affected; and so they gave them as a dowry and inheritance, the whole forest of burdocks, and said—what they had always said—that it was the best in the world; and if they lived honestly and decently, and increased and multiplied, they and their children would once in the course of time come to the manor-house, be boiled black, and laid on . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
The Little Match Girl is the only story that could be considered a Christmas story.
These tales from yesteryear are written in a different style from today's writing. Writers today are told they must show, not tell, but the great classics like these Hans Christian Anderson Christmas stories have a lot more telling than showing. I enjoyed most of the stories--many I knew individuall
It was a little disappointing, I didn't get the stories or what they were meant to represent. The morals of the stories weren't that easy to understand... It was interesting to read something by Hans Christian Andersen, but I'm asking myself if the text lost a lot in the translation? because it is h
Para alguien que sabe poco de historia, lo de Charles Dickens me sorprendió.
Este año me di cuenta de que uno de mis cuentos favoritos de la infancia es de este autor y por ello leer algo de Navidad de él, me parecía fascinante. Y... no, no hay cuento alguno de Navidad, sin embargo, debo decir que h
I have been reading stories from this collection whenever I'm in a bad mood and it has done it a good swing. It is one of most awesome selection of children stories and contains some of very best of Anderson.
Some of the stories were a bit strange - like the one about the snails and the swallow. It didn't really have a point.
Lots of strong moral and religious messages.
None of the stories were particularly Christmassy. I think that perhaps it was a book that was intended to be given at Christmas rather th