This book is a collection of Christmas-themed philosophical essays, written by Samuel McChord Crothers. He was a Unitarian minister and essayist in the style of Charles Lamb. Some of the featured titles in this book include: 'The Bayonet-Poker', 'On Being A Doctrinaire', 'Christmas and the Literature of Disillusion', 'The Ignominy of Being Grown-Up', and 'Christmas and the Spirit of Democracy.'