Favorite Stories of Christmas Past by Clement Clarke Moore

Favorite Stories of Christmas Past Reviews

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  Belinda

  4,25 -English hardcover - recievd this book some years ago from Santa. Love to read it again with my hot Coco next to me. 😊🎄😊🎄😊
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  Thomas

  Not a terrible book, but I was very disappointed with it. With a title of "Favorite" Christmas stories, you think that the stories are well-known. I am very well-read, but had only heard of two of the stories. Many of them were not particularly Christmasy. Mainly they just took place at Christmastime. If you want to read real Christmas stories, you should look elsewhere.
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  Kim

  I listened to the audio book version narrated by Renee Raudman and Alan Sklar.
  
  I was hoping for some short stories that would put me in the holiday spirit. With the exception of a few, these stories are mostly downers or are slightly offensive (in the way women, country folk and the Irish are portrayed). I'm not sure who would consider these favorite stories today. I probably should have just stuck with A Christmas Carol for my Christmas fix.
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  hissi

  Too religious for bed time stories
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  Jenn

  These are fun collections of stories
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  Kirsten

  Some stories were better than others, but it was a nice Christmas collection.
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  Scott Delgado

  This was a nice little collection of stories. Yes, a few of them read like a Johnny Cash Christmas album's lyrics (meaning they are depressing), but they still had the Christmas spirit.
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  Julee

  Good compilation short stories from earlier years, but not a lot of diversity in settings and backgrounds. My favorite was probably Louisa May Alcott’s “A Country Christmas.”
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  Melanie

  Meh. A couple of nice ones, but also some very syrupy ones and kind of depressing. Still, enough to keep my mind on Christmas, which is what I wanted!
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  Kathleen Vincenz

  A nice varied collection of stories. It ends with the Gifts of the Magi, which has to be the best Christmas story.
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  Steven

  Some of these are great but many are not
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  Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023)

  Christmas stories seem to be heavy on the sentimental side - hence the two stars.( Does this make me a Grinch? I admit, O.Henry's "Gift of the Magi" has always irritated me, so if that's any indication of character, you've got me pegged.) Charles Dickens will always get my vote when it comes to Christmas stories, and he has loads of sentimentality - it's the kind I like, though. A lot of these were just mushy, especially the version of Luke 2, which was utterly insipid.
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  Cheryl

  This was the only audio book I had, so I popped it in on my drive back from New Jersey after Christmas. Several of these are very familiar (Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus; A Visit From St. Nicholas; The Gift of the Magi) but some of them were new. I was especially fond of The Empty Purse by Sarah Orne Jewett and The Bird's Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Sentimental and predictable and touching, as good holiday stories should be.
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  Michael Delaware

  Some of the stories such as "Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus" and the ones by Hans Christian Anderson are what make this one worth it. There are a few others that I enjoyed, and a couple that I felt I could have done without as they were far too sappy. For the most part, I enjoyed this collection.
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  Doug

  This is a great read around the holidays - some religious and some secular stories that stir up good feelings for this glorious season. Most stories could be read in a family setting with young listeners.
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  Donna

  I enjoyed them...with the exception of the Fir Tree....I am a terrible sap (pardon the pun)...I don't like sad stories....as much as I love real trees in the house...it always made me sad they were cut down..and this story reminds me!
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  Robin

  My favorite story in this collection was "The Empty Purse" by Sarah Orne Jewett.
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  Susan

  A Nice selection of Christmas stories some traditional most I have not heard before.
  
  Clean and some dated which makes them fun in and of themselves.
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  Angela Hursh

  Loved it. Full of all the best classics. It gives you a warm Christmassy feeling!!
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  Stephanie P (Because My Mother Read)

  Listened to audio and didn't listen to all the stories in it, just the ones I was most interested in.
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  Jeff Miller

  Nice selection of Christmas stories from the traditional to those less known.