The complete online text of The Holiday Round by A. A. Milne.

Alan Alexander Milne was born in London. Youngest son of schoolmaster John Vine Milne, he attended Westminster School and later Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was graduated in 1903 with honors in mathematics. Upon completion of his studies, he imme...

A.A. Milne (1882-1956) worked as an essayist, a playwright, a poet, and an adult novelist, in addition to his important contribution as an author of juvenile books. Although he attempted to excel in all literary genres, he was master of Christopher Robin...

In his autobiography, It's Too Late Now (1939), A. A. Milne complains that his children's books have eclipsed his other kinds of writing. Best known before Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) as a playwright, Milne was an important mystery writer, and the popularity...

Dear Miss Manners: At our place of employment, our immediate supervisor shares holiday greetings by circulating one Christmas card among all the subordinates. New employees, trying to keep the card, are embarrassed and stunned when asked to return it so that it...

Byline: Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News The glow on Mahayla Griggs' 5-year-old face makes it all worth it for Doug Fischer, a Postal Service Santa who still gets a thrill delivering packages on Christmas Day. Mailman Fischer, 53, dressed in white...