In print for over forty years, this gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old and is now a modern classic.

Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century, captures a child's-eye view, and an adult's fond remembrance, of a magical time of presents, aunts and uncles, the frozen sea, and, in the best of circumstances, newly fallen snow -- its wonder, silence, and snowball mischief.

"What better little holiday gift to mail to a friend far away than Dylan Thomas' view of Christmas, with its snowball fights, blue-knuckled postmen with 'sprinkling eyes and wind-charried noses,' and a lovely list of child-pleasing 'Useless Presents.' The work, written in 1954, is published here in a lovely mini-book edition. Just 5.25" square and thirty-two pages long, it slips into its matching sky-blue envelope. Just add an inscription to the book and address the envelope. Your sweet, thoughtful gift is ready for the mailbox. (Requires extra postage.)" -- Bas Bleu Society

"Surely this Christmas story ranks among the great experiences of the language." -- Harpers Magazine

"The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance." --The New York Times

"A Child's Christmas in Wales [has] become as much a tradition of Christmas as the wreath on the door and the tree in the window." -- The Argus

"Try it for a break from violent robots." --The Providence Journal-Bulletin

"How he laced so many lines with perfect imagery is beyond me... this book is a holiday pearl." --Bloomsbury Review

Date of Publication: November 2007