Christmas Days

The perfect festive treat: a beautifully illustrated book of Christmas stories and recipes from the Booker prize long-listed author.

''Packed with charm and beautifully illustrated, it''s a book that will solve your gift dilemmas and let you escape the less salubrious aspects of Christmas for a literary wonderland'' Stylist

Everybody loves a Christmas story. The tradition of the Twelve Days of Christmas is a tradition of celebration, sharing and giving. And what better way to do that than with a story?

Read these stories by the fire, in the snow, travelling home for the holidays. Give them to friends, wrap them up for someone you love, read them aloud, read them alone, read them together. Enjoy the season of peace and goodwill, mystery, and a little bit of magic.

There are ghosts here and jovial spirits. Chances at love and tricks with time.

There is frost and icicles, mistletoe and sledges. There''s a cat and a dog and