A Christmas Miscellany harkens back to the magic and wonder of Christmases past. Find here a delightful grab-bag of Victorian-era stories, news clippings, poems, recipes, gift suggestions, and so much more. Inside are recipes for plum cake and cream candies, instruction on how to give men cigars as presents, and letters to Santy Claus. This is Christmas straight from the pages of The Saturday Evening Post and many other sources: old-fashioned, charming, joyous, and inspiring. Ian Jackman is a writer, editor, and former managing director of the Modern Library. He is the editor of The Writer's Mentor, The Artist's Mentor, and The Leader's Mentor,