Complete Short Stories: v. 2: Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
The Christmas Stories of Anthony Trollope are alive with the sights and experiences of the Victorian Christmas. In Trollope's day, the traditional seasonal practices - the meal, the pudding, the holly - were augmented by tinsel, tapers and the newly-arrived Christmas tree. Straitlaced Victorians cast aside the rigours of that pragmatic age to enjoy the sentimental, family celebration.