On Monday, we focused on the Charles Dickens holiday classic A Christmas Carol. (It was first published on this day, December 19, 1843.) Today, with only two full days remaining before the Fisher shuts for the holidays - and don't forget, we're open until 8 pm on Thursday - we look at some of the other myriad Christmas-themed items available here at the Fisher. Below are just a small sampling, including the first Canadian printing, in 1972, of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales (illustrated by G. W. O'Hara). Also below is A Canadian Christmas carol : Jesous Ahatonhia, Huron Indian carol written by Father Jean de Brébeuf. And of course what Christmas would be complete without The Barnyard Carols: the twelve days of Christmas as told by the company of barnyard animals, written by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson and privately printed. Another privately printed book can be seen at left and below: Twelve thoughts for Christmas Day, designed by Leslie Smart and illustrated for Frank Davies.

The Fisher Library will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 24, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013.

More holiday cheer