Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories (1995)
By Lucy Maud Montgomery
Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995
Synopsis
Sixteen stories from Canada’s best-loved author, Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Christmas and New Year’s is a season of celebration and reflection, of taking stock of the months gone by and looking forward to the year to come. Above all it is an occasion to remember the values and concerns of a past that seems increasingly distant—except when that world is brought to life once more in the stories of L.M. Montgomery.
The Anne stories in this collection—from Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Windy Poplars—are old favourites, but joining them are tales that are new to this generation of Montgomery fans. Written around the turn of the century, they have never before been published in book form.
Contents
Introduction (vii-x)
Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves (1-16)
Christmas at Red Butte (17-29)
The End of the Young Family Feud (31-43)
Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket (45-59)
The Osbornes’ Christmas (61-67)
The Unforgotten One (69-78)
Clorinda’s Gifts (79-87)
Katherine Brooke Comes to Green Gables (89-121)
A Christmas Mistake (123-135)
The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road (137-145)
The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner (147-159)
A Christmas Inspiration (161-170)
The Josephs’ Christmas (171-180)
Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner (181-187)
Ida’s New Year Cake (189-198)
Bertie’s New Year (199-211)
Editorial Note (212-213)
Other Books by L.M. Montgomery (213-214)
Reviews
Bryce, Sylvia. “The Subtle Subversions of L.M. Montgomery.” Review of At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst; Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 87 (Fall 1997): 78-79. Reprinted in Children’s Literature Review 91, edited by Scot Peacock, 143-44. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
Philipps, E. Jane. Review of Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 514. Toronto: CBRA, 1996.
