A Family Christmas

The tree, the fireside, the candles, the presents and the festive food may be the main features of the traditional Christmas, but so are the stories, the poems, and the traditional tales. Here is a delightful confection of Christmas texts: the story of The Nutcracker told with Tchaikovsky's immortal music, Dylan Thomas'sA Child's Christmas in Wales, as well as 19th and 20th century poems and the a...