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Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 18, 2011 at 12:53 pm
With Christmas coming up, I thought it would be fun to discuss our favorite Christmas stories.
Mine are:
Matchless: A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire
The Gift of the Magi by William Sydney Porter (O. Henry)
I would also like to give honorable mention to "It's a Wonderful Life," as it is also a story, technically. I also tend to watch or read "Little Women" around Christmas, though it is not technically about Christmas. It just reminds me of my family.
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 18, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I often read Catcher in the Rye near Christmas; after all, it does take place the weekend before Christmas.
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 18, 2011 at 6:56 pm
I like "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas", though I do have to say the story gets a little weak after Cindy Lou Who shows up.
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm
I love that show. It's brilliant. I very rarely watch television, but I make an exception for that one.
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 19, 2011 at 2:22 am
"Hogfather" Terry Pratchett.
To both read and watch.
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 19, 2011 at 2:26 am
I'm no literature expert by any means, but I still like Dickens... its got only a little to do with Christmas, and is a good story of human redemption, etc....
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RE: Favorite Christmas Stories/Novels
December 19, 2011 at 3:11 am
Dickens is the best.
Even some of the bastardizations of Scrooge and his ghosts (and there are WAY too many) are somewhat enjoyable. A good story is a good story.