NMLP P-032385 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Christmas Holiday

W. Somerset Maugham · William Heinemann (UK) · 1939

UK Heinemann is the generally cited true first, with British publication in 1939 preceding the American Doubleday Doran edition, which was reviewed in October 1939.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032385 for "Christmas Holiday" by W. Somerset Maugham (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032385, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).