For those of us who have either finished our shopping or given up and retreated to our favorite chair by the fireplace for a good read of a classic holiday story...here are a few suggestions:
- Christmas Holiday, a novel by Somerset Maugham, 1939...a haunting story set in Paris- the city of lights..travel there on Christmas Eve
- a few short stories: "Oh Joseph I'm so Tired" by Richard Yates (note: author of Revolutionary Road-movie version just released.)
- "The Burglar's Christmas," by Willa Cather
- "Mrs. Parkins'Christmas Eve," Sarah Orne Jewett
- on the lighter side..."the Joy of a Peanuts Christmas."..the best Christmas strips from the 1950's- to 1990's --will put a smile on your face.
Happy Holidays and may your heart sing with the music of well-told tale.
eevalentine
