When I bought the other Angela Thirkell book that I read in 2024 I bought this one at the same time. They were both only 50p in a charity shop in north Wales, and although I hadn't heard of the author I took a chance on them. I really liked Wild Strawberries and decided to keep this one for Christmas so that it would be nicely festive. And I'm glad I did because it really felt appropriate when I was reading it in mid December.
Most of the stories were previously published in magazines in the 1930s and 1940s but haven't been previously collected into one volume like this. They mostly pertain to Laura Morland, who I understand is the protagonist in a few of Angela's Barsetshire books, and her son, the irascible Tony. I loved him - he is a young teen who thinks he knows better than all the adults in his life and his tone is just hilarious.
Not all of the stories are set at Christmas but they were generally winter themed, which I liked. I liked the ice skating story and I liked the one at the pantomime. In fact they were all great and I'm giving this five out of five. I will have to read something else by Angela soon!
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