Holiday Spirit- quick reads to get in the mood.

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<p>Would anyone like to add suggestions to my list of quick reads to put Christmas into a better perspective?</p>

<p>Short books:
‘Skipping Christmas’ by John Grisham
‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
‘A Christmas Story’</p>

<p>children’s books
‘Christmas ■■■■■■’ by Jan Brett
‘The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Twoomey’</p>

<p>I know many more, but I’d like to see what y’all reccommend.</p>

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<p>Truman Capote “A Christmas Memory”</p>

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<p>Henry Van Dyke, “The Other Wise Man”</p>

<p>[Henry</a> Van Dyke : The Other Wise Man](<a href=“Classic Reader | Ponly”>Classic Reader | Ponly)</p>

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<p>My wife and I read aloud each year Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol”. (We read in bed before turning in for the night, we don’t wear nightcaps but maybe we should). [smiley w/nightcap here]
Another favorite, and even quicker,- Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas In Wales”</p>

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<p>Mr. Ives’ Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
See: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/21/specials/hijuelos-christmas.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/21/specials/hijuelos-christmas.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Somber, yet beautifully written, it’s a story about faith lost through tragedy and later regained</p>

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<p>Angels and other strangers by Katherine Paterson(bridge to teribithia)[Terabithia.com</a> - Katherine Paterson - Library - Christmas Short Stories - Angels and Other Strangers](<a href=“http://www.terabithia.com/books/angelsandother.html]Terabithia.com”>http://www.terabithia.com/books/angelsandother.html) deserve to be classics
also
[Holidays</a> on Ice](<a href=“http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780316779234]Holidays”>http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780316779234)</p>

<p>oh and
[The</a> Gift of the Magi](<a href=“http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html]The”>The Gift of the Magi)</p>

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<p>Connie Willis’s collection of Christmas stories. She’s a sci fi writer and some of these stories are a bit odd, many are very funny.</p>