"This is a trove of stories showing how people have found the spirit of Christmas in later ages. This might be a child in a poor quarter of a Spanish town who is convinced that the kings come to earth again every year to help children, or it may be a simple peasant who lives with the conviction that he will meet Christ in his life. ...This book is divided into five sections: Advent, the Birth of the Child, the Christmas night through the ages, Christmas in the world, and the Three Kings time. " --- (from the dust jacket)