5.12.2021
Although I said two years ago that these stories aren't Saki's best, they can handle another read (and the gorgeous white and gold cover is just too pretty to be left on the shelf forever). Not warm Christmas stories that are usually suitable for this time of year, but instead, they're funny, witty, mischievous, and cheeky, but never in a mean and nasty sort of way. They're like fluffy meringue you have after a heavy meal or something you dive into between festive chores.

17.12.2019
I already own a book that contains all of Saki's short stories, but Daunt Books's festive white and gold edition, which I knew would be juxtaposed with sly and witty humor, was too beautiful to disregard. Not his best, but the dealing with dull relatives, the complicated logic of how to write thank you notes etc. were a great accompaniment for listening to Christmas carols and eating cider pears with whipped cream.

"Thank you very much for the ham; not such a good flavour as the one you sent last year, which itself was not a particularly good one. Hams are not what they used to be."