AustLit logo

AustLit

A Merry Christmas single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 A Merry Christmas
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

The narrator leaves work early on Christmas Eve so that he can call in to the shops and purchase some Christmas presents for his family. Upon leaving the store he finds his pocket has been 'picked'. He arrives home and opens the door upon domestic upheaval, with his wife and four children all coping with various disasters, and thus begins a very chaotic Christmas.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Last amended 9 May 2017 13:05:57
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X