title: Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories (Penguin Christmas Classics)
author:  Anthony Trollope 
description: For lit nerds and loved ones who are notoriously hard to shop for, you cant go wrong with these festively bound classics. . . . Their size makes them perfectly stocking-stuffable. <b><i>Entertainment Weekly, </i>The Must List</b><br /><br />Leave it to the folks at Penguinwho gave us Gothed-out editions of horror classics for Halloweento package these . . . slim Yuletide-themed volumes. <b><i>Newsday, </i>Best Books to Give as Holiday Gifts</b><br /><br />Remember how Christmas was celebrated before Black Friday with these 19th-century authors, in small uniform volumes wrapped in pretty jackets. <b><i>USA Today, </i>Holiday Gift Books So Pretty, No Need to Wrap</b><br /><br />Beautifully designed. <b><i>The Washington Post</i></b>
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  Copyright © 2019 by Wilma Jo-Ann Power writing as Cerise DeLand
  
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  ISBN-13: 978-1-7330794-3-3
  
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  > CONTENTS
  
  > [Your Invitation to the Marsden Christmas House
  > Party](index_split_004.html#filepos5012)
  
  > [Chapter 1](index_split_005.html#filepos7747)
  
  > [Chapter 2](index_split_006.html#filepos22587)
  
  > [Chapter 3](index_split_007.html#filepos34730)
  
  > [Chapter 4](index_split_008.html#filepos66776)
  
  > [Chapter 5](index_split_009.html#filep