I Background About the author Floyd Del‖(1887 1969),∪S. versatile and prolific writer and an editor for several newspapers and magazines “ Christmas”isan excerpt from his Homecoming- An Autobiography (1933)I Background • About the author: Floyd Dell (1887— 1969 ), U.S. versatile and prolific writer and an editor for several newspapers and magazines. “Christmas” is an excerpt from his Homecoming— An Autobiography (1933)