The Christmas Stove: A Story of Switzerland
Author:
Alta Halverson Seymour 
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Publication:
1951 by Wilcox and Follett Company
Genre:
Fiction
Series:
Christmas Around The World
Pages:
94
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A tender and charming tale of two Swiss orphan children who seek a home with their aunt. Peter and Trudi arrive at their aunt's home a few weeks before Christmas to find her sick and barely able to support herself, much less care for two children.
Peter and Trudi bring some cheer to their aunt with their strong young faith in Christmas and their determination to help. And as Trudi says, they have a wonderful start toward Christmas joy with the Christmas stove in Tante's parlor—a beautiful enamel stove that has pictures of the Christ Child and other Christmas scenes.
Traditional Swiss customs of celebrating Christmas are described in Mrs. Seymour's book, as the children and their aunt work and plan for a happy holiday. Christmas Eve finally arrives, bringing a joyful climax to the story of Peter and Trudi.
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Alta Halverson Seymour
1893 -American
Papa’s store, in Deer Park, Wisconsin, at the turn of the century, held a special fascination for Alta Halverson Seymour. In a curious mix of hi... See more
The Christmas Stove
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The Christmas Stove
Reviewed by Sherry Early
Two orphan children, Peter and Trudi, come to stay with their aunt Tante Maria Fingerhut in her poor little cottage in the Swiss mountains. But will the poverty-stricken Tante Maria be able to care for the children when she can barely feed herself? And how will they ever be able to celebrate Christmas?
Christmas Around the World
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
When 11-year-old Peter and 8-year-old Trudi lose their parents in an avalanche, they make the difficult journey down the mountain to the village of Zimmerli, looking for their Tante Maria in the hopes that she will adopt them. The children arrive a few weeks before Christmas to find a kind-hearted but sickly woman who is quite poor. Together, the three of them share the struggle for existence and feast on the love they have for each other. A sweet and innocent story, this one reminds a little bit of Ralph Moody’s Mary Emma and Company.
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