Christmas Short Works Collection 2023

by Various

About this book

Enjoy the 2023 Christmas collection, with selections chosen by many volunteers. This year's readings include a combination of sacred and secular; joyful, poignant, and creepy; prose, poetry, and a musical play. You are sure to find something to raise your Christmas spirits! - Summary by TriciaG and Devorah Allen Cast list for The White Christmas: Mary and Voice of Angel: Jenn Broda Joseph: David Purdy Simeon: Alan Mapstone Timothy: Larry Wilson Isaac, Melchoir and Narrator: Brian Fullen Anna: Lynette Caulkins Thomas: redrun Ruth: Norah Nelson Deborah: Agnes Robert Behr Rachel: Nicole Wright Gaspar: TriciaG Baltasar: Texasbookworm42 Prologue and keyboardist: Beeswaxcandle Vocalists: TriciaG, Nicole Wright, dc, Verla Viera, Norah Nelson, Alan Mapstone, Amy Gramour, Brian Fullen

Chapters (32)

1The Angel's Message to Mary

621

2A Christmas Ghost Story

3Carol

4Christbaum

100

5Christmas

881

6A Christmas Carol

7Christmas Eve

1509

8Christmas Eve

2772

9Christmas Folksong

10The Christmas Ghost: Unemployment in One of our Oldest Industries

630

11A Christmas Hymn, 1837

180

12A Christmas Letter

167

13Christmas When the West Was Young: Stories of Far Western Christmas Days of Pioneer Times

1612

14Cradle Hymn

15A Dark Evening

526

16Darling

391

17The Epiphany

350

18Father Christmas at Home

1300

19The Heavenly Christmas Tree

572

20The House of Christmas

140

21How to Wrap Christmas Parcels

442

22Jack's Christmas

1192

23The Little Match Girl

347

24My Christmas Burglary

1614

25Noël

126

26Old Hooker's Ghost; or, Christmas Gambols at Huntingfield Hall

3100

27Polly: A Before-Christmas Story

720

28Popgun Plays Santa Claus

1293

29The Three Kings

237

30'Twas the Night Before Christmas

224

31Two Christmas Eves

1596

32The White Christmas

2909

Christmas Short Works Collection 2023

About this book

Chapters (32)

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