{"product_id":"9781633933774","title":"Once Upon a Christmas: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS  is a collection of short stories, all with Christmas settings, plots, and sentimentality.  \u003c\/strong\u003eThe author writes of his own boyhood Christmases, eighty-some years ago, and the Christmases of characters drawn from his imagination.  He prepares us for each story with a commentary about the background for it.  The stories are intended to activate our memories, provoke thought and elicit a smile, a frown, a laugh, or a tear.  To paraphrase Francis Bacon [1561 – 1626], they are to be tasted, perhaps chewed; some are to be swallowed and digested.  All are to be enjoyed and read in the spirit of Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157296627952,"sku":"9781633933774","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781633933774_p0.jpg?v=1763679771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781633933774","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}