Penguin Christmas Classics

Collectible hardcover editions of six beloved Christmas books, beautifully designed—with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and nameplates for personalisation – and printed in a small trim size that makes them perfect stocking stuffers

Night Before Christmas

Nikolai Gogol, Nikolay Gogol

Zany and mischievous, and drawing inspiration from the folk tales of Gogol's far-flung village in Ukraine, The Night Before Christmas is the basis for many movie and opera adaptations, and is still read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia.
The Nutcracker

E.T.A. Hoffmann, Hoffman, E. T. A.

Written in 1816 by one of the leaders of German Romanticism for his children, nephews, and nieces, The Nutcracker captures better than any other story a child's wonder at Christmas.
The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus

L. Frank Baum, Baum, L. Frank

Later adapted into multiple animated films, and published here with the original illustrations from the first edition, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus evinces the charm, warmth, and fantasy that made L. Frank Baum's Oz stories American classics.

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