{"product_id":"the-fairies-and-the-christmas-child","title":"The Fairies and the Christmas Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eIllustrated tale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe worst of being a Christmas Child is that you donÕt get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was FatherÕs coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected to grow up without proper birthdays, and I thought I might have to stay little always. When I told Father this he laughed, but a moment later he grew quite grave.\u003cbr\u003e\nÒListen, Chris,Ó he said. And then he took me on his kneeÑI was a small chap thenÑand told me things that made me forget old Naylor, and wish and wish that Mother could have stayed with us. The angels had wanted her, Father explained; well, we wanted her too, and there were plenty of angels in heaven, anyway. When I said this Father gave me a great squeeze and put me down, and I tried to be glad that I was a Christmas child. But I wasnÕt really until a long time afterwards, when I had found the Fairy Ring, and met the Queen of the Fairies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lilian Gask","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45996714262689,"sku":"9781105100253","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1z8d6qyk-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1777333874","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fairies-and-the-christmas-child","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}