Dickens always comes to mind for his depictions of Christmas. My favourite Christmas scene isn't Tiny Tim's family, but the wonderful party at Mr. Fezziwig's. As a child, I always wanted to roll up the carpet and have a similar celebration but it didn't really work
What is your favourite Christmas scene from a novel?
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What is the Best Depiction of Christmas in Literature?
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There's a great Christmas scene in The Pickwick Papers also.
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I always loved the Christmases Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about. I think my favorite is one of the early ones, from Little House on the Prairie:
Laura and Mary never would have looked in their stockings again. The cups and the cakes and the candy were almost too much. They were too happy to speak.
But Ma asked if they were sure the stockings were empty.
Then they put their hands down inside them, to make sure.
And in the toe of each stocking was a shining, bright new penny!
They had never thought of such a thing as having a penny. Think of having a whole penny for your very own. Think of having a cup and a cake and a stick of candy and a penny.
There never had been such a Christmas.
(Little House on the Prairie, p. 250)
Laura and Mary never would have looked in their stockings again. The cups and the cakes and the candy were almost too much. They were too happy to speak.
But Ma asked if they were sure the stockings were empty.
Then they put their hands down inside them, to make sure.
And in the toe of each stocking was a shining, bright new penny!
They had never thought of such a thing as having a penny. Think of having a whole penny for your very own. Think of having a cup and a cake and a stick of candy and a penny.
There never had been such a Christmas.
(Little House on the Prairie, p. 250)
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I like the scenes from "Little Women".
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Sherry at Semicolon blog has been posting Christmas extracts from a number of novels for the last couple of weeks.
The authors include Sharon Kay Penman, Ann Rinaldi and settings are varied as well.
If you are interested in taking a look then click here.
The authors include Sharon Kay Penman, Ann Rinaldi and settings are varied as well.
If you are interested in taking a look then click here.
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When I first started teaching, back in the '60s, I read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books to my fifth graders. I still remember their astounded, actually shocked, reaction to that description of the Christmas that MLE referred to. Mostly it all boiled down to "That's all??!!!" And perhaps even more unbelievable to those children was the joy and excitement that Laura and Mary expressed over what was, to my students, a very insignificant gift.
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I always remember the Christmas scenes from Little House on the Prairie, too. I've been thinking I need to reread those books again. I was always sad my own daughter never wanted to read them.
My favorite depiction of the Christmas spirit (in fact, I'm just about to blog about it) is O.Henry's short story, "The Gift of the Magi." Here's a link; if you've never read it, give yourself a gift and do so. It's very short, but wonderful.
My favorite depiction of the Christmas spirit (in fact, I'm just about to blog about it) is O.Henry's short story, "The Gift of the Magi." Here's a link; if you've never read it, give yourself a gift and do so. It's very short, but wonderful.
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My favorite depiction of the Christmas spirit (in fact, I'm just about to blog about it) is O.Henry's short story, "The Gift of the Magi." Here's a link; if you've never read it, give yourself a gift and do so. It's very short, but wonderful.[/quote]
That is indeed a lovely story, and one that got me hooked on O Henry. BTW another of interest is The Other Wise Man
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Other-Wise- ... 0345406958
I have been 'forced' to read various Christmas books over the years for book groups. The above two so evoke the holidays message that there is almost no need for more.
My favorite depiction of the Christmas spirit (in fact, I'm just about to blog about it) is O.Henry's short story, "The Gift of the Magi." Here's a link; if you've never read it, give yourself a gift and do so. It's very short, but wonderful.[/quote]
That is indeed a lovely story, and one that got me hooked on O Henry. BTW another of interest is The Other Wise Man
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Other-Wise- ... 0345406958
I have been 'forced' to read various Christmas books over the years for book groups. The above two so evoke the holidays message that there is almost no need for more.
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I find "The Gift of the Magi" almost unbearably sad.
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