You will find the spirit of Christmas here in the writings of many distinguished American writers including: Hamlin Garland, Susan Glaspell, Phil Stong, Ruth Suckow, Susan Allen Toth, James Whitcom Riley, Paul Engle, and Hartzell Spence. Delicious cookie recipes included. On the back cover, Eric Olesen displays mouth watering kringles (recipe included inside) and other fabulous pastries created at the O&H Danish Bakery in Racine, Wisconsin. On the front cover, Rocco, the English Setter, trails behind Herger (left) and Marcy (right) as they pull a wooden sleigh with Phillip Odden at the reins. Phillip Odden and his wife, Else Bigon, raise and train Norwegian Fjord horses that are used as carriage horses for trail riding, and for light draft work on the farm.