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Originally released December 25th, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ The Night After Christmas (1907) By: Ann P.L.Field - https://librivox.org/author/8095 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18908 Read by: Jan MacGillivray - https://librivox.org/reader/1752 Her Birthday Dream (1916) By: Nellie C. King - https://librivox.org/author/10170 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17770 Read by: Angela (BookAngel7) - https://librivox.org/reader/4323 A Letter from Santa Claus By: Samuel Clemens From: http://article.wn.com/view/2015/05/05/New_Mark_Twain_letters_found_c/ eText: bit.ly/twain-santa Read by: Andrew Ordover The Philanthropist's Christmas (1913) By: James Weber Linn - https://librivox.org/author/3123 From: The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5061 Read by: Kehinde - https://librivox.org/reader/1851 T'was the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) By: Clement Clarke Moore - https://librivox.org/author/275 eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17135 Read by: Jon Scholes Away in a Manger By: William James Kirkpatrick (1895) - https://librivox.org/author/8885 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/ eText: http://hymnsite.com/ Sung by: Karen Savage - https://librivox.org/reader/103 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 14th, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ A Rhyme for Christmas (Publication delayed by the author's determined, but futile attempt to find the rhyme) (1911) By: John Challing (Radcyffe Hall) - https://librivox.org/author/2477 From: The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19325/19325-h/19325-h.htm#Page_1290 Read by: Alan Davis Drake - https://librivox.org/reader/254 The Errors of Santa Claus (1917) By: Stephen Butler Leacock - https://librivox.org/author/1193 From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/ eText: Frenzied Fiction - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8457 Read by: William Coon - https://librivox.org/reader/286 To An Old Fogey (Who Contends that Christmas is Played Out) By: Owen Seaman - https://librivox.org/author/8189 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ Etext: Modern British Poetry (1920) - http://www.bartleby.com/103/39.html Read by: Cori Samuel - https://librivox.org/reader/92 Vera's First Christmas Adventure (1907) By: Arnold Bennett - https://librivox.org/author/263 From: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4734 Read by: Andy Minter - https://librivox.org/reader/152 Here We Come a Wassailing (1850) Traditional English - https://librivox.org/author/8102 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/ eText: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_We_Come_A-wassailing Sung by: Claire Goget - https://librivox.org/reader/125 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 23rd, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ Christmas at Red Butte By: Lucy Maud Montgomery - https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24878 Read by: Lynne Thompson - https://librivox.org/reader/7756 A Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road By: Lucy Maud Montgomery - https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1905-1906-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24876/24876-h/24876-h.htm#Enderly_Road Read by: Read by Jedopi - https://librivox.org/reader/4936 The First Noel (c. 1823) Traditional English - https://librivox.org/author/8102 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/ eText: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Noel Sung by: Claire Goget - https://librivox.org/reader/125 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 22nd, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ A Christmas Inspiration By: Lucy Maud Montgomery - https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1896-to-1901-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24873/24873-h/24873-h.htm#A_Christmas_Inspiration Read by: Darcia Douglass - https://librivox.org/reader/4990 A Christmas Mistake By: Lucy Maud Montgomery - https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1896-to-1901-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24873/24873-h/24873-h.htm#A_Christmas_Mistake Read by: TriciaG - https://librivox.org/reader/3157 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear By: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1875) - https://librivox.org/author/206 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/ eText: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear.htm Sung by: Kristin Hughes - https://librivox.org/reader/28 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 21st, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ A Conscience Pudding (1904) By: Edith Nesbit - https://librivox.org/author/24 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/nesbit/new/new.html Read by: Cori Samuel - https://librivox.org/reader/92 Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming By: Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621) - https://librivox.org/author/3505 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/ eText: http://www.cantatedomino.org/cd/index.shtml?79.txt Sung by: Mark F. Smith - https://librivox.org/reader/204 & Laurie Anne Walden - https://librivox.org/reader/1066 Fiona Shaw (Medea) and the show’s director (the FABULOUS) Deborah Warner on a theater chat show: And the whole show as a BBC Radio 3 production: BBC recipe for Christmas Pudding: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1159/classic-christmas-pudding (share your fave recipe below!) And a version with step-by-step pictures: http://goodfoodshared.blogspot.com/2011/09/traditional-christmas-pudding.html And the American version, a Claxton Georgia Fruit Cake: https://www.claxtonfruitcake.com CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 20th, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ The Eve of St. Nicholas By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 - c. 1930) - https://librivox.org/author/10096 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009926444 Read by: Ruth Golding - https://librivox.org/reader/2607 The Thin Santa Claus or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking (1909) By: Ellis Parker Butler - https://librivox.org/author/53 From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17937/17937-h/17937-h.htm Read by: Several readers Sussex Carol Traditional: https://librivox.org/author/8101 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/ Etext: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/on_christmas_night-1.htm Sung by: Kristin Hughes - https://librivox.org/reader/28 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 19th, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ Reginald on Christmas Presents (1904) By: Saki - https://librivox.org/author/889 From: Reginald (1904) - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2011-by-various/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2830 Read by: Bob Gonzalez - https://librivox.org/reader/6446 Grandmother's Christmas Story (1913) By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 - c. 1930) - https://librivox.org/author/10096 / http://readseries.com/auth-oz/wynne-bio.html From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009926444 Read by: Ruth Golding - https://librivox.org/reader/2607 Reginald's Christmas Revel (1904) By: Saki - https://librivox.org/author/889 From: Reginald (1904) - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2011-by-various/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2830 Read by: Bob Gonzalez - https://librivox.org/reader/6446 Joy to the World Georg Friedrich Händel-https://librivox.org/author/2630 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/ Etext - http://hymnsite.com/ Sung by: Kim Butler - https://librivox.org/reader/631 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com Twitter: @CraftLit.com Library: CraftLit.com/library Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Craftlit-channel

Originally released December 18th, 2016. The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/ The Snow Man (1902) By: Alfred B. Cooper (1863 - 1936) - https://librivox.org/author/10217 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: (interactive) http://archive.org/stream/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1902bVol.XxivJul-dec#page/n634/mode/1up Read by: Garth Burton - https://librivox.org/reader/4969 Yes Virginia... (1897) By: Francis P. Church - https://librivox.org/author/2604 From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/ eText: http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/ Read by: 2Bears - https://librivox.org/reader/860 Angels We Have Heard on High By: Traditional, French, translated to English by Bishop James Chadwick - 1813–1882 - https://librivox.org/author/8101 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2010/ eText: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/angels_we_have_heard_on_high_1.htm Sung by: Sunshine Paul - https://librivox.org/reader/4545 CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits CraftLit.com voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642

Originally released December 17th, 2016. All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/all-the-christmas/ The lineup: The Christmas Stocking (1905) By: L Frank Baum - https://librivox.org/author/406 From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/ eText: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Text/christmas_stocking.htm Read by: Judy Bieber - https://librivox.org/reader/100 The Shepherd Who Didn't Go (1916) By: Jay T. Stocking https://librivox.org/author/10171 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17770/17770-h/17770-h.htm#Page_135 Read by: Angela (BookAngel7) - https://librivox.org/reader/4323 A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1904) By: L Frank Baum https://librivox.org/author/406 From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/ eText: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/KidnSant.shtml Read by: Judy Bieber - https://librivox.org/reader/100 (If you love Baum, you might also want to check out the much longer: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, version 1 (https://librivox.org/the-life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-by-l-frank-baum) and version 2 (https://librivox.org/life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-version-2-by-l-frank-baum/) What Child Is This? (words 1865 | music 16th C) By: William Chatterton Dix - https://librivox.org/author/193 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2010/ Sung by: Mark F Smith and Laurie Ann Walden