‘A sublime stocking filler to last a lifetime for 10+ is Carol Ann Duffy’s poem The Christmas Truce, illustrated by David Roberts, about the night in the First World War in which British and German soldiers sang carols and played football in no man’s land’ Amanda Craig, The Times

‘Duffy fans can both enjoy for themselves and give to all their friends her new poem, The Christmas Truce, lovely words perfectly matched by David Roberts’s illustrations. Stocking fillers rarely have such substance’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent

‘The sound of sleigh bells on adverts might be driving you mad, so switch off the telly and curl up with Carol Ann Duffy’s The Christmas Truce. Log fire optional’ In Style magazine Advent Calendar