Christmas Eve and Christmas Day presents ten Christmas stories and an essay by Edward E. Hale, some of which have been published before and some are brand new. The Book is worth buying, worth reading and worth praising. Two of the stories are specifically for children. Certainly, they will enjoy others, as well.

Edward Everett Hale was born on April 3, 1822, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale (1784–1863), proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, and the brother of Lucretia Peabody Hale, Susan Hale, and Charles Hale. Edward Hale was a nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, and grand-nephew of Nathan Hale (1755-1776), the Revolutionary War hero executed by the British for espionage. Edward Everett Hale was also a descendant of Richard Everett and related to Helen Keller.