Short stories for quick Christmas reading?

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Nobiggerthanyourhand · 22/12/2024 17:00

With online links if you can?

Thank you!

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AdaColeman · 22/12/2024 17:05

The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories

ElizabethVonArnim · 22/12/2024 17:18

hackneybooks.co.uk/books/255/791/NecklaceOfPearls.html

Defiantlynot41 · 22/12/2024 17:28

Nina Stibbe "an almost perfect Christmas " www.goodreads.com/book/show/39088500-an-almost-perfect-christmas

Highly entertaining!

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Nobiggerthanyourhand · 22/12/2024 19:13

I will return the favour with Truman Capote’s ‘A Christmas Memory’

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/12/a-christmas-memory-by-truman-capote-short-story

A festive short story: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Capote's 1965 autobiographical work describes his childhood memories of the real-life Sook, a distant relative who was 'the only stable person' in his life. Capturing the essence of Christmastime in a depression-era Alabama, it's a love letter to yeste...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/12/a-christmas-memory-by-truman-capote-short-story

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EwwSprouts · 22/12/2024 19:22

Two Old Women - An Alaskan Tale

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Nobiggerthanyourhand · 22/12/2024 22:50

ElizabethVonArnim · 22/12/2024 17:18

hackneybooks.co.uk/books/255/791/NecklaceOfPearls.html

I enjoyed this - thank you @ElizabethVonArnim

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ElizabethVonArnim · 26/12/2024 06:50

You might not still be in the mood, but I read this one yesterday and really enjoyed it.

https://familychristmasonline.com/stories other/runyon/dancinggdanschristmas.htm

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