My Christmas Library

Welcome to the largest collection of Christmas stories on the net! Whether you want to read them while online, or download them for later reading, you will enjoy over 100 selections of Christmas stories, Christmas novels, Christmas excerpts, Christmas articles, Christmas letters, Christmas poetry and Christmas plays! If you prefer the comforting feel of a real book in your hands, you can see my list of Christmas favourites, and even order many of them directly through Barnes and Noble! So curl up in a cozy armchair in front of the fire (or rather, the computer) and bask in the bliss of a good story for Christmas...

Online Stories * Reading List

Classic Stories You Can Read Here!

I have over ONE HUNDRED! Christmas stories for your enjoyment. They've gotten so numerous the easiest way to find them is to pick from one of the menus below, or you can see complete listings by Author, by Title or by Type.

Note: means it has been added since Christmas in July, July 25th, 1999.

by Author

Alcott, Louisa May *

Allen, Grant * Andersen, Hans Christian * Baum, L. Frank * Bryusov, Valerie * Lewis Carroll *

Cather, Willa * Chesterton, G.K. *

Crane, Stephen *

Davies, W.H. * Dickens, Charles * Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan *

Dunbar, Paul Laurence *

Edwards, Amelia B. *

Field, Eugene *

Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins * Frost, Robert *

Gaskell, Elizabeth * Grahame, Kenneth * Hale, Lucretia P. * Hardy, Thomas *

Harte, Bret *

Hawthorne, Nathaniel * O. Henry *

Hill, Richard * Irving, Washington *

Joyce, James * Kipling, Rudyard * Moore, Clement C. * The New York Sun *

Page, Thomas Nelson *

Peattie, Elia W. *

Potter, Beatrix * Rossetti, Christina * Runyon, Damon *

Saki (H.H. Munro) *

Service, Robert * Shakespeare, William * Stevenson, Robert Louis *

Stockton, Frank * Van Dyke, Henry * Wiggin, Kate Douglas

by Title

About "Yes, Virginia.." * Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The * Battle of Life, The *

Beggar's Rhyme * Behold, as Goblins Dark of Mien *

Bertie's Christmas Eve *

Bethlehem of Judea * Birds' Christmas Carol, The * Black Veil, The *

Burglar's Christmas, The *

Captain Eli's Best Ear *

Carol for the Children, A *

Catch by the Hearth, A * Chaparral Christmas Gift, A *

Child's Story, The * Chimes, The *

Christmas *

Christmas and the Aesthetes *

Christmas and the First Games * Christmas at Sea *

Christmas Banquet, The *

Christmas By Injunction *

Christmas Carol (poem) * Christmas Carol, A (poem) * Christmas Carol, A (novel) *

Christmas Carol, A (Condensed Version) *

Christmas Dinner Won in Battle, A *

Christmas Eve *

Christmas Greeting * Christmas Greetings *

Christmas Hymn * Christmas in India * Christmas Sermon, A *

Christmas Storms and Sunshine *

Christmas Treasures *

Christmas Tree, A * Christmas Trees *

Christmas Wreck, The *

Chrystmasse of Olde *

Cremation of Sam McGee, The * Cricket on the Hearth, The * Dancing Dan's Christmas *

Dead, The *

First Christmas-Tree, The * Fir Tree, The *

Four-Fifteen Express, The * Funny Young Gentleman, The * Gift of the Magi, The * Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, The *

The Haunted House Ch. 1: The Mortals in the House *

The Haunted House Ch. 2: The Ghost in Master B.'s Room * Haunted Man, The *

Hold, Men, Hold! *

How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar *

How the Captain made Christmas *

Jest 'Fore Christmas * Kidnapped Santa *

Let's Have Music! * Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The * Little Match-Girl, The * Little Women: Ch.1 Playing Pilgrims * Little Women: Ch.2 A Merry Christmas * Little Women: Ch.3 The Laurence Boy *

Long, Long Ago *

Markheim *

Mystery of Edwin Drood, The *

Nobody's Story *

Old Nurse's Story, The *

Old Peabody Pew, The * Other Wise Man, The * Pantomime of Life, The *

Peace of Christmas-Time, The * Peterkins' Christmas Tree, The * The Pickwick Papers: Ch. 28 A Good Humoured Christmas Chapter * The Pickwick Papers: Ch. 29 The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton * The Pickwick Papers: Ch. 30 {Christmas Day} *

Poor Relation's Story, The * Protection: A Christmas Story *

Santa Claus *

Schoolboy's Story, The *

Signalman, The * Sketch Book, The: Christmas *

Sketch Book, The: The Stage-coach * Sketch Book, The: Christmas Eve * Sketch Book, The: Christmas Day * Sketch Book, The: The Christmas Dinner * Sketches by Boz: A Christmas Dinner * Sketches by Boz: The New Year * Snow Man, The * Snow Queen, The *

The Tailor of Gloucester *

Their Dear Little Ghost * Thieves Who Couldn't Stop Sneezing, The * To All Child Readers of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland *

Twelfth Guest, The * Twelfth Night; Or What You Will * Visit from St. Nicholas, A * What Can I Give Him? *

What Christmas Is As We Grow Older *

When Santa Claus Comes * Wind in the Willows, The: Ch.5 Dulce Domum *

Wolverden Tower *

Wolves of Cernogratz, The * Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

by Type

Novels * Excerpts * Articles, Letters and Sermons * Short Stories * Poetry and Plays

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These pages were last updated November 7th, 1999.

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