Once upon a time there was a little girl who had never heard of Christmas and therefore did not know what it was. So begins this story about a cat, a dog, a hawk, a fox, a mockingbird, and that little girl, as they set off into the snowy woods together in search of the answer. Each of the little girl's companions has questions along the way: What does Christmas feel like? Is it comfortable and warm? What does it sound like? Does it laugh? Does it shriek? Beneath the gently falling snow, they discover a different answer to their questions than expected: Christmas is how Christmas feels.

A timeless classic, this cloth-bound, luxurious new edition of Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman’s gentle, introspective holiday tale leaves readers with the greatest Christmas story of all: that Christmas is not only where you find it; it’s what you make of it.

Hardcover, 23 pages. 2025 edition of the original 1969 text.

N.B.: All of the copies we have of this book have some slight rubbing on the red portion of the bookcloth, at the spine, where some of the red reveals white. We think the situation is ultimately unavoidable: even if you do manage to find a copy without the rubbing, it seems to us that it will, sooner or later, appear on your book.