> such tales as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908), where food denotes cosiness and plenty. This. Grahame’s account of the animals' Christmas mea

> such tales as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908), where food denotes cosiness and plenty. This. Grahame’s account of the animals' Christmas meal is my favourite secular evocation in literature of the 'goodwill to all' spirit of Christmas. If I remember, I find this book and re-read this passage sometime over the xmas period.