My very favorite part of this book was not even in the book at all, it was the poem at the beginning called 'Christmas-Greetings [From a Fairy to a Child], and it goes as such:
LADY dear, if Fairies may
For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,'
Tis at happy Christmas-tide.
We have heared the children say---
Gentle children, whom we love---
Long ago, on Christmas-Day,
Came a message from above.
Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again---
Echo still the joyful sound
Peace on earth, good-will to men!
Yet the hearts must child-like be
Where such heavenly guests abide;
Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide.
Thus forgetting tricks and play
For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, glad New Year!
Not only is this poem festive to the season, it is beautiful and magical. I love Carroll's imagination; he could take the form of a fairy and write to a child. This makes him like a child himself because he could believe like one.
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