We Were Ushered Into This Banqueting Scene With The Sound Of Minstrelsy, The Old Harper Being Seated On A Stool Beside The Fireplace And Twanging His Instrument With A Vast Deal More Power Than Melody. Never Did Christmas Board Display A More Goodly And Gracious Assemblage Of Countenances.first Published In 1820 In Irving''s Masterpiece, The Sketch Book, The Christmas Dinner Is A Charming Tale By The Great American Writer Behind Such Timeless Classics As The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Rip Van Winkle. Painting The Scene Of A Christmas Dinner Spent At The Table Of Bracebridge Hall, A Countryside Manor, The Merry Songs And Stories Of The Dinner Table Echo With Jollity Of Christmases Long Past.25 Of The Rrp Of This Title Goes To Three Peas, A Small Charity Supporting People Who Have Had To Flee War Or Persecution And Who Are Seeking Refuge Or Asylum In Europe.