The Peace Egg and Other tales

A compact collection of Christmas-themed tales and theatrical material that combines a domestic holiday story with practical and descriptive pieces about mumming and seasonal entertainments. One narrative follows a household whose holiday spirits are muted even as children perform an old mummers' play; the anthology then offers a compiled mumming script with costume notes, sword-dance directions, and regional variants, followed by practical hints for staging private theatricals and short sketches on parlour games and the personification of Old Father Christmas. The items mix folkloric detail, stagecraft guidance, and gentle moral observation to illuminate how ritual performance and family life shape festive customs.