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I love this book and usually take it out from the library each Christmas. Now I wont have to risk it being out already. Owen Parry writes his English prose with more lyrical beauty than most poetry I've read. But then the Welsh do have a way with words. These Christmas ghost stories, set in the time of the American Civil War, are wonderful. The injured Union officer, trying to get home on Christmas Eve, is well written. The description of the blizzard he tries to get through, his dead wife's leading him to safety, and the young widow's efforts to save his remaining hand are moving. If you like stories about ghosts, or Christmas or the Civil War, you will find yourself reading this collection of short stories over and over.