The heart-warming story of how three of the Kitson children help the wealthy merchant woo their older sister Annaple with a different gift for each of the 13 days of Christmas - with hilarious results! But as the house groans at the seams with partridges and swans, will Annaple succumb?
Annaple Kitson dreams of romance and being swept off her feet, so her family hatch an elaborate plan to help her sweetheart, Francis Vere, win her hand in marriage.
When Francis arrives on Christmas Day with a partridge in a pear tree, Annaple is delighted! But that is only the first day of Christmas...
As the house fills up with an endless stream of turtle doves, French hens, dairymaids, and more, will Annaple be charmed or alarmed at the chaos of it all? And will the thirteenth day of Christmas bring the wedding that everyone is hoping for?