Rediscover the warmth of faith, family, and redemption through a timeless tale from beloved Scottish author George MacDonald, whose writings inspired C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Available in print and e-book, with the audiobook releasing in December of 2025.
In Victorian London, the Greatorex family has wealth but not love. Augustus Greatorex, a proud merchant, believes himself a good father–yet his little daughter Phosy, quiet and tenderhearted, longs for affection he never gives. When she misunderstands a Christmas sermon, her innocent faith sets in motion a series of events that awaken every heart in the household.
Through sorrow, the heartbreak of infant loss, and unexpected grace, MacDonald weaves a moving story of transformation. A servant’s pride is broken, a craftsman’s despair redeemed, and a father’s heart restored to his child. The Gifts of the Child Christ reminds readers that the truest gifts of Christmas are not found beneath the tree, but within the love that reflects the Father-heart of God Himself.
Gently updated for today’s readers and graced with charming illustrations by Sarah Geesey and an afterword by Mandy Pallock, this beautiful edition invites families to slow down, gather close, and remember the wonder of being truly seen, known, and loved.
See what people said about George MacDonald:
“I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master; indeed I fancy I have never written a book in which I did not quote from him.”
“Surely George MacDonald is the grandfather of us all-all of us who struggle to come to terms with truth through imagination.”
“As I have said, Dr. MacDonald will not be discovered for some time to come…But the great thought which Dr. MacDonald utters and leaves unuttered alike in a kind of fatalistic optimism will never wholly cease to haunt and attack us. At a hundred odd moments, in corked streets, in twilight fields, in lamp-lit drawing-rooms, there will come upon us the confounding, and yet comforting, notion that we and all our nationalistic philosophies are all in the heart of a fairy tale and playing an uncommonly silly part in it. ”
“I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself. Hence his Christ-like union of tenderness and severity. Nowhere else outside the New Testament have I found terror and comfort so intertwined.”
