Every year, I add some more of the best Christmas stories to my backlog of Christmas readings. This year, I’m a little more organized: I’ve streamlined my recording equipment (by which I mean my iPhone uploads a whole heck of a lot faster than that thing which plugged into my old iPod nano as well as my handheld recorder that I use for interviews). I also don’t have distractions of Netflix and Social Media at night, so that makes this a part of our entertainment.

The gist is that Tara’s family used to read Luke 2 every night of advent — the kids have it memorized to this day. Well I expanded on that to include some more of the best Christmas stories. Here’s an intro and then the list of links to my annual Christmas readings:

 

Links to my annual Christmas readings of
The Best Christmas Stories:

 

1. My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland
2. Santa Claus: A Psychograph by Gamaliel Bradford
3. The Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot
4. Eulogy for My Grandpa Deno Bubba
5. The Second Christmas by F.K. Foraandh
6. Gloria in Profundis by G.K. Chesterton
7. The Gift of the Magi by O’Henry
8. Six to Eight Black Men by David Sedaris
9. Stave One: Marley’s Ghost — A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
10. Stave Two: The First of the Three Spirits — A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
11. Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits — A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
12. Luke 1 & Matthew 1 
13. Luke 2 & Matthew 2
14. Christmas with Sir Roger by Joseph Addison
15. The Worst Christmas Story by Christopher Morely
16. The God of the Gongs by G.K. Chesterton
17. A Christmas Gift by T.F. Poweys
18. On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity by John Milton
19. The Pasteboard Star by Margaret Carpenter
20. One Christmas Eve by Langston Hughes
21. A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clemet C. Moore