'Many people have feelings for the festive season which mingle celebration with poignant memories. This delightful anthology of memoirs, stories and poetry was selected by Karen Whitelaw and Don Cohen from work submitted by members and friends of Catchfire Press. The featured memoir by the patron of the Press, Marion Halligan, is especially evocative of the mixed emotions of mortals at this season. Other writers included are Angela Cockburn, Zeny Giles, David Kibble, Rina Robinson, Alice Sinclair, Margaret Steinberger, John Stokes, Jean Talbot, Norman Talbot, Ron Vickress and Margaret Watts.' (Publication summary)