First Day of CraftLit

First Day of CraftLit (2024)

Get ready for the best time of the year! Join us for 12 days of holiday fun, heartwarming stories, and a little festive magic!

Today, we kick off Day 1 and we've compiled our Christmas tales from our 2016, 2017, and 2023 series just for you!

So, grab your favorite holiday treat, settle in, and let the first set of stories transport you to a world of wonder.

All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at https://www.craftlit.com/12-days/

LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit—

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Lba-HdvqxZ8
AUDIO ONLY: https://www.craftlit.com/first-day-of-craftlit-2024/

If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory:

DAY 1: https://www.craftlit.com/first-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 2: https://www.craftlit.com/second-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 3: https://www.craftlit.com/third-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 4: https://www.craftlit.com/fourth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 5: https://www.craftlit.com/fifth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 6: https://www.craftlit.com/sixth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 7: https://www.craftlit.com/seventh-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 8: https://www.craftlit.com/eighth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 9: https://www.craftlit.com/ninth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 10: https://www.craftlit.com/tenth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 11: https://www.craftlit.com/eleventh-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY 12: https://www.craftlit.com/twelfth-day-of-craftlit-2024/

DAY ONE

The Mouse and the Christmas Cake by Anonymous

The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Anderson

Hoodoo McFiggins' Christmas - from Literary Lapses, by Stephen Leacock

John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. Columbia university, Harper's magazineS (he worked on or for many), New Metropolitan magazine, and Puck—this guy got around.

The Child Who Had Everything But --

—Hobble skirt

—Finger curls —"psyche knot" —slumming parties and a NYTimes article you can get if you have a subscription: Slumming In This Town. A Fashionable London Mania Reaches New-York. Slumming Parties To Be The Rage This Winter. Good Districts To Visit. Mrs. Langtry As A Slummer New York Times. September 14, 1884

—Playing marbles: aggies, alleys, and mibs

Santa Claus And Little Billee

Sandwich boards Telephone "Station"

Told After Supper (1891)

By: Jerome K. Jerome - https://librivox.org/author/529

From: https://librivox.org/told-after-supper-by-jerome-k-jerome/

eText: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1993/pg1993-images.html

Read by: Ruth Golding - https://librivox.org/reader/2607

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Looking for a particular book? Here are the Start-of-Book episode numbers for you:

Just go to the search bar of the website and look up the number of your chosen book.

Pride & Prejudice 1–20	Turn of the Screw 30–39	A Tale of Two Cities 43–66	Tristan & Isolde 67–73
Frankenstein 74–89	Little Women 90–117	Jekyll & Hyde 119–123	The Scarlet Letter 123–148
Flatland 149–159	Persuasion 160–171	Connecticut Yankee 172–188	The Woman in White 192–220
Dracula 223–246	Gulliver's Travels 249–272	Jane Eyre 273–304	The Age of Innocence 305–330
North & South 331–365	Herland 366–377	Sense & Sensibility 378–401	The Count of Monte Cristo 402–474
Anne of Green Gables 477–500	Treasure Island 501–515	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 516–545	Northanger Abbey 546–561
The Leavenworth Case 562–580	Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 581–609	The Three Musketeers 610–648	Emma 649–678
Cranford 679–694	Mr Harrison's Confession 695–703	Nancy Drew and The Secret in the Old Clock 704– present

First Day of CraftLit - 2024