" One character in this work sings a song about "Bleeding Hearts and Death" while another, who may in fact be "a ghost "or "trolls," sings with a "dry, eggshell voice" through a keyhole.
This work draws a contrast between useless objects like "a celluloid duck, that [makes], when you [press it, most unducklike sound," and useful ones like "mittens made for giant sloths" before observing that "there are always Uncles." One character in this work sings a song about "Bleeding Hearts and Death" while another, who may in fact be "a ghost "or "trolls," sings with a "dry, eggshell voice" through a keyhole. The narrator and his friends imagine that their boot prints are made by hippos and plan to write "Mr. Daniel looks like a spaniel" on Mr. Daniel's lawn. The narrator of this work imagines himself and his friend Jim as "lynx-eyed hunters" or "trappers from Hudson Bay" in a reindeer-free (*) Lapland as they wait to throw snowballs at cats before Mrs. Prothero calls the fire brigade. For 10 points, name this nostalgic Dylan Thomas narrative adapted from radio, which recounts his memories of the winter holidays in Swansea.
This work draws a contrast between useless objects like "a celluloid duck, that [makes], when you [press it, most unducklike sound," and useful ones like "mittens made for giant sloths" before observing that "there are always Uncles.
A Child's Christmas in Wales [Editor's Note: Please assure teams that ask that this question is in fact under trash, rather than literature]