Eleventh Day of CraftLit (2024)

All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/12-days-2024

LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit—

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Lba-HdvqxZ8 AUDIO ONLY: https://craftlit.com/1st-day-2024/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DAY ELEVEN

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

What Christmas Is As We Grow Older

• Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
• Read by: Bob Neufeld

St. Nicholas 05:02 (fireside) http://www.archive.org/download/firesidechristmasstories_1312_librivox/firesidechristmas_09_stnicholas_algerjr_ccs_128kb.mp3

• Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.
• Read by: Claudia Salto

The House of the Seven Santas (1908)

• John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.
• Read by: David Wales

Christmas Sermon

• Robert Louis Stephenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
• Read by: ACBowgus (17:18)

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

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