A classical story, I remember seeing, but not really watching, the movie playing on TV every Christmas for years now, so when I saw this story in an illustrated book, I say why not. Unfortunately it wasn't good. For me, Christmas stories have to been about the magical energy of this time of the year and family time. But this one isn't able to made this feeling, those emotions pass on to the readers, or at least to me. The illustration are good, the story itself is not that bad either, but to much law related to be really good as a Christmas story.