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Essential Christmas Books
Please list your must-read books leading up to and over the festive period.
A Christmas Carol is something that I read every year. A true classic. |
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This year I may read The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum. Not exactly romantic, but it was a Pulitzer Prize finalist!
Afterwards, there is the unmissable The Onion Presents: Christmas Exposed, with such heart-warming stories as "Emotionally Distant Family Spends Holidays Watching Touching Family Dramas Together" and "Book Given as Gift Actually Read" (my favourite). To my shame, I have never gotten all the way through Dickens' A Christmas Carol, though I have watched the Muppets film adaptation many times with the younger children in my family... as well as alone. I just learned that Agatha Christie wrote a retelling of the First Christmas called Star over Bethlehem: Poems and Holiday Stories. Who knew? Maybe I'll try that. |
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This year I'm going to read Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury.
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Who was it that wrote, A Zombie's Christmas?
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Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham.
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Hogfather Terry Pratchett
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Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore Christmas in Pine Cove with many characters from previous books making an appearance (not to mention zombies) |
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Is there any reason why you don't read any of the other four of Dickens's Christmas books? Do you consider them to be less classic?
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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
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11-08-2012, 02:33 AM | #10 |
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My all time favorite, both as audio and text, is The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry.
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Indeed it is, but it's a pity that the others are so neglected. You'll find all five of them in the "Christmas Books" volume here in the MR library. I would recommend reading the others; they're all good.
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I love David Sedaris. He also includes a Christmas short story in his book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. The title is Six to Eight Black Men. It's a deranged and hilarious look at Christmas customs in various countries.
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