Here is a delightful collection of Christmas tales and poems, both old and new. The well-known stories and verse that children love and remember with the Christmas season are blended with a generous selection of stories from every corner of the globe, describing holiday customs and traditions native to other lands. Here too are stories of Hanukkah—the Jewish Festival of Lights—which falls near the Christmas season and which is a cherished and significant holiday for Jewish children. Boys and girls of all faiths can share all the stories in this Umbrella Book. 

This rich and varied collection includes stories and poems by Rachel Field, Erick Kelly, Marguerite de Angeli, Ludwig Bemelmans, Kenneth Grahame, Eugene Field, Louisa Alcott,  and many others.

From the dust jacket