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Stranded in upstate New York with just seven days to go until Christmas, a lonesome boy comes up with an ingenious way to bring Christmas to the equally lonesome inhabitants of his small mountain community, all of whom were spending the winter far from home. Visiting each in turn, David befriends his neighbors and delights in hearing the Christmas stories they share with him, stories they heard in their homelands long ago. A final celebration brings all the neighbors of different nationalities together, forging relationships that will outlast the holiday season and sending a message of hope to a war-torn world.
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David was a lonely little boy, and it seemed for a while that Christmas was going to be an empty one that year. For there he was, far away from his mother and father, up in the snow-covered hill country with only his nurse, Johanna, and her husband. But one evening he met another lonely creature, a locked-out fairy, who introduced him to his still lonelier neighbors who came from all over the world. The stories they told him, the Christmas they shared, and the happy surprise for David at the end make this ageless book one that will live forever in the hearts of its readers.
This Way to Christmas has been a favorite with children since its first publication. Harper & Row is proud to present this special holiday edition which contains the full text of the original book, revised some 50 years later by the author, Ruth Sawyer, master storyteller and former Newbery Award winner. It is accompanied once again by the pictures the gifted children's book artist. Maginel Wright Barney, did for the original edition.
—from the dust jacket
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