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Young Library's Merry Christmas 2020

Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas by clicking on a book for each day. These books are available for free at Project Gutenberg.

On the Sixth Day of Christmas

                                                                

 

Our Sixth book of Christmas is Christmas Comes but Once a Year  by John Leighton.

 

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. This book 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. (From Librivox)