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My dearest darling- That partridge, in that lovely little pear tree! What an enchanting, romantic, poetic present! Bless you and thank you. Your deeply loving Emily Everyone knows the 'Twelve days of Christmas', but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admirer. And who but Quentin Blake could exploit the full comic possibilities of this hilarious debacle as first birds, then maids and finally the full percussion section of the Liverpool Philharmonic create mayhem in the calm of an English country Christmas?
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A reissue of the hilarious bestselling Christmas book
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's no wonder that this little hardback is often out of stock, for it has to be the ideal Christmas stocking filler for anyone who enjoys books. Even as a child I remember singing this Christmas classic and thinking how ludicrous it was that anyone should send a gift of "eight-maids-a-milking". John Julius Norwich has transported these oddball lyrics into the 21st century and the female recipient of these peculiar Christmas presents responds as any sane person might. Buy this little gem as a gift for someone, and I guarantee you'll want another copy for yourself!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How would post-feminist modern woman really respond if given A Partridge in a Pear-Tree, or any of the other absurd presents in the list?
I was wondering what I was going to give Noel and Ellen...
I was wondering what I was going to give Noel and Ellen...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this today as a gift and it really is a perfect stocking filler. Unlike some stocking filler type books it is also something you would actually pick up more than once - very funny! The characters inside are named Edward and Emily so I thought it made a particularly good gift for someone with one of those names.
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twelve days with a difference
I was introduced to this book by a friend and thought I just had to find it! Where else but Amazon! Since then it has caused a great deal of pleasure and morer than a few laughs
Published 4 months ago by Meg
silly funny and a modern classic
Children giggle and adults cannot hold back the smiles. A superb anti-song of the season. Norwich's very very funny realists view on life surrounded by swans a swimming, numerous... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Happy Rabbit
12 days of Christmas...
This little hardback is a great stocking filler - but even better read on the run up to Christmas to get you in the mood and of course link with the well known song. Read more
Published 16 months ago by JuliaW
Delightfully absurd
This is absolutely my favourite festive book ever. I'm sure I can't be the only person who has ever thought how inconvenient the gifts in the song `The Twelve Days of Christmas'... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Katie Stevens
A beautifully illustrated book.
I bought this because of a love for Quentin Blake illustrations and I also enjoy this tale at Christmas. The book does not disappoint and is a pleasure to give or receive. Read more
Published 17 months ago by jojoss
Hilarious
A great book to give the bah-humbugs on your secret santa / xmas list. I bought it as an emergency present but I like it so much that I don't want to give it away!
Published 17 months ago by onefunkiechick
Delightful new version of the well known Twelve days.
Everyone knows "The twelve Days of Christmas", but not as rewritten by J J Norwich in this delightful correspondence which records the daily thank-you letters fromone... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1998
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