Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter
"Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter" was a novel written and published in 1956 by American author Edward Streeter. It was preceded in his list of novels by "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" in 1954, and followed by "Mr. Robbins Rides Again" in 1957. It is a humorous view of a successful businessman's methodical approach to "this Christmas business", contrasted with his wife's chiding scorn over his "typical businessman's approach to something beautiful and intangible". The book was published in the fall of 1956 by Harper & Brothers, New York, and is 181 pages in length in the original edition. The illustrations were by Dorthea Warren Fox. The book is divided into four sections: "October", "November", "December", and "Christmas Eve", which are further divided by numbered chapters. A Reader's Digest Condensed Books edition was also published in the Fall of 1956, with illustrations by Charles Hawes.
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