| An Island Christmas Reader |
| David Weale With illustrations by Dale McNevin and Joey Weale |
In these seventeen stories and essays, historian
David Weale combines reminiscences of Islanders
with his own musings to rekindle the memory of
Christmas, where imagination and magic work hand
in hand to create the "unsullied wonder of childhood
vision".
David Weale combines reminiscences of Islanders
with his own musings to rekindle the memory of
Christmas, where imagination and magic work hand
in hand to create the "unsullied wonder of childhood
vision".
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"We cling to memory of a time when the earth, and everything in it, seemed illuminated from within; when a raisin, nut, or a piece of hard candy were aspects of eternity; and when imagination was so powerful that there were sleigh-bells in the sky and hoof-beats on the roof. I harbour the secret hope that, at some gift-wrapped moment during the holiday season, there will be some sight, or sound, or perhaps some smell, that will open up for me the memory of my childhood Christmases. It is the wish that, for just one moment, I might once again be waiting for Santa Claus. There was hope triumphant in that waiting, and a child's faith in the essential goodness of things." - From "The Little Christmas Man" |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Acknowledgements December Christmas 1775: Salt Fish and Potatoes and Thankful For It The Eaton's Beauty The Little Christmas Man Chimney Communication The Boston Box Christmas Tree in the Parlour The Woman From Bear River The Christmas Orange The Cooligers The Animals The Christmas Concert Margaret's Masterpiece The Listening Place Charlie and the Paper Boy The True Meaning of Crumbfest Maraks Alias, Santa The Jesus-Bell Notes on the Author and Illustrator |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Weale |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR Dale McNevin |
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