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I had the honor of reading this to twins (twice!) on Christmas Eve. Oh so wonderful.
A beautiful treasure chest of Christmas stories that will be read for many Christmases to come. Longer review: https://sisterdelightbookcaffe.blogsp...
What a gem! This book is a little treasure box of Christmas stories, and it has set me in the perfect mood for Christmas. Many of these heartwarming tales were quite new for me, while their authors were well-known favorites. In fact, I almost squealed with joy when I found out that Lucy Maud Montgomery and Louisa May Alcott had written a few Christmas tales. From Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to the title poem by Clement Clarke Moore and the short stories by Alcott and Montgomery, this little boo...
This book was a gift from my beloved friend Justina. I kept it for almost two years waiting for the perfect time. Today, I finish this marvelous book with a big smile on my face. There are 32 different stories related with Christmas, gentleness, joyfulness and good-will. Some of the stories weren't very amusing, however most of them I really enjoyed. There were even some I cried. Yeah, I'm talking about The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen or Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Fre...
Kind of mixed feelings about this, from the cover and blurb it seems the target audience it is aimed at is children (although admittedly it does say on the back the stories will be enjoyed by children AND adults) but I found at times the stories were quite heavy and deep in topic matter and writing style (of course as they were classical authors) and though some were great children's stories I don't think all were easy enough to understand or were appropriate for younger readers as I was reading...
3 stars.Some I enjoyed. Most of them near the beginning of the book. Others I didn't like so much so I just DNF'ed them. It was mostly the ones written from the children's point of view that I liked. Mainly because they had that old fashioned feel to them. The adult ones didn't interest me.
This book is not by Moore, although it includes the title poem by him. It is collected and edited by the prolific Rosemary Gray.A collection of 32 stories and poems about Christmases sad, happy and happy-after-tribulation. Touching, tough, and humorous, some are somewhat saccharine, but overall a jolly good Christmas read when in the mood.Authors include Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, O. Henry.
🎄All we want for Christmas is a reading marathon.This book positively distills the spirit of the season and gets you into Christmas mood.“And it all comes, she added softly, of that one unselfish thought, of that one small act of self-denial for others” —“The tell-tale tile” by Olive Thorne Miller
Honestly, how to write a comprehensive review of a book with this many different stories? Some I loved, some I didn't. I like Christmas stories though and I plan on rereading it some time soon.
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