00837cam a2200217 4500 62133034 TxAuBib 20030630120000.0 030630s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96016116 9781565121560 $12.95 1565121562 $12.95 DLC DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Smith, Lee, 1944- The Christmas letters : a novella / by Lee Smith. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 1996. 126 p. ; 19 cm. Three generations of women partake in the great American tradition of catching up on family news every Christmas by reading the vivid, gossipy letters from Birdy, Mary, and Melanie, who are all storytellers at heart. 20030630.