Download or read book Old Christmas written by Washington Irving and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, published in 1886 and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, chronicles the American writer Washington Irving's nostalgic recollections of Christmas traditions in 19th century England. The text first appeared in 1819 in Irving's Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which also contained such classics as "Rip van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."