The Gift is a 1952 short story by Speculative Fiction author Ray Bradbury. - AsNotedIn
Tomorrow would be Christmas, and even while the three of them rode to the rocket port the mother and father were worried. It was the boy's first flight into space, his very first time in a rocket, and they wanted everything to be perfect. So when, at the customs table, they were forced to leave behind his gift, which exceeded the weight limit by no more than a few ounces, and the little tree with the lovely white candles, they felt themselves deprived of the season and their love.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1952/12/00 | Ray Bradbury | Author | "The Gift" is published in Esquire. | ||||
| 1952/12/00 | Esquire | Publisher | "The Gift" is published in Esquire. |
| Particulars for The Gift (Bradbury story): | |||
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| Season | Christmas | the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, late December in the Western Church | |
| Holiday | Christmas Eve | The night before Christmas, December 24th | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Space | Space Travel | public conveyance in space | |
| Narrative Arts | Speculative Fiction | a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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