Christmas Stories

Christmas Stories

The below 12 selections are classic Christmas stories that are great for reading aloud (or listening when audio is available). I hope you will take time to read the background — sometimes it is just as interesting as the story itself. Please note that these stories and their history (along with many more) are available in our Christmas Stories eBook (only $2.99!). I hope that you are blessed by these stories!

Story Title	Read Time	Background	Text	Audio
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, 1812-1870	3 hrs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Christmas Every Day William Dean Howells, 1837-1920	10 min	Yes	Yes	Yes
Christmas Story from the Gospels Matthew, Luke and John (Gospels)	20 min	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Good King Wenceslas The Life of a Saint, 907-929/935 AD	5 min	Yes	Yes	Yes*
In the Great Walled Country Raymond Macdonald Alden, 1873-1924	12 min	Yes	Yes
Little Piccola Celia Thaxter, 1835-1894	3 min	Yes	Yes
One Solitary Life James Allan Francis, 1864-1928	2 min	Yes	Yes
The Christmas Cuckoo Francis Browne, 1816-1879	15 min	Yes	Yes
The Gift of the Magi O. Henry, 1862-1910	16 min	Yes	Yes
The Parable of the Birds Louis Cassels, 1922-1974	3 min	Yes	Yes
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit from St. Nicholas) Clement Clarke Moore, 1779-1863 or Henry Livingston, Jr., 1748-1828	4 min	Yes	Yes	Yes
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit from Christ) Angie Mosteller, Contemporary	3 min	Yes	Yes

*Some of the audio stories do not directly correspond to the text, mainly because they are dramatic adaptations designed specifically for audio storytelling. For more great audio Christmas stories, see Librivox and Storynory (for kids). Please let me know if you find a “gem.”

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