Release date is 2026-01-31

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The man who found Christmas by Walter Prichard Eaton is a sentimental holiday novella written in the early 20th century. It follows a disenchanted New York bachelor who seeks and ultimately rediscovers the meaning of Christmas—rooted in community, service, and love—in a quiet New England village.

Wallace Miller, a cynical city bachelor who dines each year with friends to mock the holiday, stumbles on a childhood Christmas card that stirs his longing for something real. He impulsively travels to North Topsville, Massachusetts, where he falls in with local children, helps build a toboggan slide, and meets Nora Woodford and her young nephew, Albert. Drawn into village life—church, snowy walks in the evergreens, and preparations for a family Christmas tree—he learns that Christmas is joy in serving others. As he and Nora quietly fall in love, Wallace embraces a new sense of home and belonging; on Christmas Eve they pledge themselves to each other, and on Christmas morning he’s welcomed by her family. He sends a simple “Merry Christmas” to his old anti-Christmas friends, having found the spirit he’d been missing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1927