Jimsy, the Christmas Kid by Leona Dalrymple

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"Say," he said kindly, "don't you worry none about that there Christmas tree an' no holly. We'll have a thump-walloper of a day, anyhow!"

It is conceivable that Abner Sawyer's experience with thump-wallopers had been limited.

A stiffly-starched, elderly bank president agrees to host an orphan boy from the city for Christmas—and finds himself more and more bewildered at the boy's cheerfulness and liking for everyone and everything, and at the changes he effects on the household and on the banker himself.

Beasley's Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington

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When a quiet, well-respected politician suddenly begins behaving very strangely, his political opponents believe they've found a perfect way to discredit him—but what they discover when they spy on his Christmas Eve party takes them by surprise!

My review of this book.

The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin

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In this lovely holiday novella, Christmas cards illustrated by a minister's warm-hearted wife find their way into the right hands to restore the happiness of two troubled families.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"

Perhaps the most beloved Christmas novel ever, Dickens' classic tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his visitation by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future is a must-read for the holiday season.

Christmas With O. Henry

O. Henry is perhaps most famous for his beloved Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi," and deservedly so. But did you know he wrote several more Christmas stories? Here, to kick off the holiday season, is the complete list, available to read online at Project Gutenberg:

• "The Gift of the Magi" (can be downloaded as an individual ebook)


• "Christmas by Injunction"


• "A Chaparral Christmas Gift"


• "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking"


• "Compliments of the Season"