“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.”
― O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
Twelve days, twelve doses of Christmas stories — from ghost stories to gift-giving. This special collection gathers some of the most beloved (and delightfully overlooked) Christmas literature.
12 DAYS OF CRAFTLIT 2024
- 1st Day of CraftLit: The Mouse and the Christmas Cake, The Fir Tree, Hoodoo McFiggins' Christmas, The Child Who Had Everything But, Santa Claus And Little Billee, Told After Supper (1891)
- 2nd Day of CraftLit: A Cornish Christmas Play by William Sandys, The Christmas Gift That Came To Rupert, What Makes Christmas Christmas, Chaparral Christmas, Told After Supper (1891),
- 3rd Day of CraftLit: Paul Laurence Dunbar (Christmas, Christmas Carol, An Old-Time Christmas, Speakin' of Christmas, Christmas in the Heart), Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas, Turkeys Turning the Tables, The Potato Child (1910), Gift of the Magi (1905)
- 4th Day of CraftLit: The Christmas Stocking (1905), The Shepherd Who Didn't Go (1916), A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1904), CBS Radio Theater - A Very Private Miracle,
- 5th Day of CraftLit: The Snow Man (1902), Yes Virginia... (1897), How to Celebrate Christmas (p.41), The Truce of God (1920)
- 6th Day of CraftLit: Reginald on Christmas Presents (1904), Grandmother's Christmas Story (1913), Reginald's Christmas Revel (1904), Goblin Christmas, Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe, Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land (1878), How the Secretary of the Treasury Once Played Santa Claus (a true story), Little Girl's Christmas, Christmas Storms & Sunshine (1848)
- 7th Day of CraftLit: The Eve of St. Nicholas, The Thin Santa Claus or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking (1909), Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson - Santa Claus, Christmas in India (1908), Christmas in a Dugout, A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas, A Spin for the Ages (2023)
- 8th Day of CraftLit: A Conscience Pudding (1904), Bertie's Ride (p.98), A Recruit at Christmas (1892), Christmas Every Day (2007), Christmas and the Sprit of Democracy (1908), Why the Chimes Rang (1909)
- 9th Day of CraftLit: A Christmas Inspiration, A Christmas Mistake, Christmas Greetings (1867), Christmas Day (1908), Christmas Barring-Out, Christmas in the Olden Time (1861), Christmas Time, Old Christmas, Children's Book of xmas stories: Christmas In 1776, Christmas on Wheels (1895), Christmas and the Literature of Disillusion (1908), Barney's Tale of the Wee Red Cap (1916),
- 10th Day of CraftLit: Christmas at Red Butte, A Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road, The Christmas Eve Burglary (1906), Thin Santa Claus (1908), Christmas Present Assurance Company (1894), A Christmas Mystery: the story of the three wise men (1910), An Old Fashionned Christmas,
- 11th Day of CraftLit: A Rhyme for Christmas, The Errors of Santa Claus (1917), To An Old Fogey (Who Contends that Christmas is Played Out), Vera's First Christmas Adventure (1907), What Christmas Is As We Grow Older, St. Nicholas (Fireside), The House of the Seven Santas (1908), Christmas Sermon, The Night After Christmas (1907), Her Birthday Dream (1916), A Letter from Santa Claus, The Philanthropist's Christmas (1913), T'was the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)
- 12th Day of CraftLit: A Christmas Carol-in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens
12 DAYS OF CRAFTLIT 2023
- 1st Day of CraftLit: Tales Told After Supper Intro-Part 1
- 2nd Day of CraftLit: Tales Told After Supper Parts 2-3
- 3rd Day of CraftLit: The Gift of the Magi, The Potato Child
- 4th Day of CraftLit: Christmas Scene at Camelot
- 5th Day of CraftLit: Truce of God
- 6th Day of CraftLit: Christmas Storms and Sunshine
- 7th Day of CraftLit: A Spin for the Ages - A CraftLit Exclusive
- 8th Day of CraftLit: Christmas Every Day, Christmas and the Spirit of Democracy, Why the Chimes Rang
- 9th Day of CraftLit: Christmas on Wheels, Christmas and the Literature of Disillusion, Barney's Tale of the Wee Red Cap
- 10th Day of CraftLit: Nutcracker and Mouse-King - parts 1-6
- 11th Day of CraftLit: Nutcracker and Mouse-King - parts 7-9
- 12th Day of CraftLit: Nutcracker and Mouse-King - parts 10-14
12 DAYS OF CRAFTLIT 2017
- 1st Day of CraftLit: The Child Who Had Everything But, Santa Claus And Little Billee
- 2nd Day of CraftLit: "What Makes Christmas Christmas" and "The Chaparral Christmas"
- 3rd Day of CraftLit: Turkeys Turning the Tables
- 4th Day of CraftLit: CBS Radio Theater A Very Private Miracle
- 5th Day of CraftLit: How to Celebrate Christmas (p.41), A Christmas Pudding, Ruth's Christmas
- 6th Day of CraftLit: Goblin Christmas, Why Santa Claus was Late, Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe, Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land (1878), How the Secretary of the Treasury Once Played Santa Claus, Little Girl's Christmas
- 7th Day of CraftLit: Santa Claus, Christmas in India (1908), Christmas in a Dugout, A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas, Cowboy's Christmas Ball (p.12, 1893)
- 8th Day of CraftLit: Bertie's Ride (p.98), A Recruit at Christmas (1892)
- 9th Day of CraftLit: Christmas Greetings (1867), Christmas Day (1908), Christmas Barring-Out, Christmas in the Olden Time (1861), Christmas Time, Old Christmas, Children's Book of xmas stories: Christmas In 1776
- 10th Day of CraftLit: The Christmas Eve Burglary (1906), Thin Santa Claus (1908), Christmas Present Assurance Company (1894)
- 11th Day of CraftLit: What Christmas Is As We Grow Older, St. Nicholas (Fireside), The House of the Seven Santas (1908), Christmas Sermon
- 12th Day of CraftLit: A Christmas Mystery: the story of the three wise men (1910), An Old Fashionned Christmas
12 DAYS OF CRAFTLIT 2016
- 1st Day of CraftLit: The Mouse and the Christmas Cake, The Fir Tree, Hoodoo McFiggins' Christmas
- 2nd Day of CraftLit: A Cornish Christmas Play by William Sandys, The Christmas Gift That Came To Rupert
- 3rd Day of CraftLit: Paul Laurence Dunbar (Christmas, Christmas Carol, An Old-Time Christmas, Speakin' of Christmas, Christmas in the Heart), Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas
- 4th Day of CraftLit: The Christmas Stocking (1905), The Shepherd Who Didn't Go (1916), A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1904)
- 5th Day of CraftLit: The Snow Man (1902), Yes Virginia... (1897)
- 6th Day of CraftLit: Reginald on Christmas Presents (1904), Grandmother's Christmas Story (1913), Reginald's Christmas Revel (1904)
- 7th Day of CraftLit: The Eve of St. Nicholas, The Thin Santa Claus or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking (1909)
- 8th Day of CraftLit: A Conscience Pudding (1904)
- 9th Day of CraftLit: A Christmas Inspiration, A Christmas Mistake
- 10th Day of CraftLit: Christmas at Red Butte, A Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
- 11th Day of CraftLit: A Rhyme for Christmas, The Errors of Santa Claus (1917), To An Old Fogey (Who Contends that Christmas is Played Out), Vera's First Christmas Adventure (1907)
- 12th Day of CraftLit: The Night After Christmas (1907), Her Birthday Dream (1916), A Letter from Santa Claus, The Philanthropist's Christmas (1913), T'was the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)
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