Christmas days : 12 stories and 12 feasts for 12 days

Winterson, Jeanette 1959- (author.).

Summary: A collection of stories that Winterson has written annually at Christmas includes tales of trees with magical powers, a tinsel baby that talks, flying dogs, philosophical fairies, and a haunted house. Each story is followed by a recipe.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802189745
ISBN: 0802125832
ISBN: 9780802125835
Physical Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:

"First published by Jonathan Cape in 2016"--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Christmas-tide -- Spirit of Christmas: Mrs. Winterson's mince pies -- The SnowMama: Ruth Rendell's red cabbage -- Dark Christmas: Kathy Acker's New York custard -- Christmas in New York: My Christmas Eve smoked salmon and champagne -- The mistletoe bride: Susie's Christmas Eve gravlax -- O'Brien's first Christmas: Dad's sherry trifle -- The second-best bed: Shakespeare and Company's Chinese dumplings -- Christmas cracker: My mulled wine (or: No more fruit in main courses) -- A ghost story: Kamila Shamsie's turkey biryani -- The silver frog: My New Year's Eve cheese crispies -- The lion, the unicorn, and me: My New Year's Day steak sandwich -- The glow-heart: My twelfth night fishcakes -- Christmas greetings from the author.