Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; Ten Christmas Stories

by Edward Everett Hale

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Genres: Christmas, Short Stories

294 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

More than one hundred fifty literary works of Unitarian cleric and writer Edward Everett Hale, younger brother of fellow American writer Lucretia Peabody Hale, include the story The Man without a Country .

This American author, historian, and child prodigy exhibited extraordinary literary skills; Harvard University enrolled him at 13 years of age, and he graduated second in his class. Hale went to write for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime.

He fathered author Edward Everett Hale Jr..

Reviews

[Elisabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mixed bag of stories, most of them set at Christmas, though with a couple that aren't directly Christmas-related but seem to have been written or published during the holiday season. "Christmas Waits in Boston" was my favorite, with "Daily Bread" second.

Most of the stories have rather rambling and leisurely plots, if you can even call them that; they narrate a series of events rather than focusing in on one. For instance, "They Saw a Great Light" gives us a lot of backstory before getting to the actual nugget of the story that takes place at Christmas, and "Stand and Wait" is more a series of vignettes about Christmases in the life of a character.

"The Survivor's Story" is the flat-out worst of the lot. I get that it's meant to be a spoof of something, but even so it failed to amuse me.

The three non-specifically Christmas stories are actually quite sweet, though also rambly by our modern standards. "The Same Christmas in Old England and New" is a neat idea, though it does take a while at getting to the point: more of an essay than a story, it compares the Pilgrims' first Christmas in the New World with what was happening at the royal court of the England they had fled.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining listening 🔰

Due to eye damage Alexa reads to me.
A number of will written Christmas eve and Christmas day tales in a number of locations around the world 🌎. The characters are interesting. The story line is about relationships, and family celebrating Christmas. I would recommend this novella to readers of family novellas. Enjoy the adventure of reading 📚 2021 🗽⛪

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sorry to say that this book and its stories just really did not capture my attention nor interest. It was dull for me, but other readers might enjoy it.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Place holder for book with same title written by Hans Kubler which is not yet listed on Goodreads.

[Michelle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first story or two and expected, I guess, quaint. Most of the stories are just odd... kind of feels as if I wondered into a stranger's blog or maybe a bad camp skit... I could not wrap my head around some sort of inside jokes and stories, either that or it just did not make sense to me.

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[Carolyn Hammond · Rating 2 out of 5]

Juvenile. Didn't finish.

[Katee Scarlett Knittle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked a few of the short stories, but I didn't enjoy the majority of them.

[Hilary · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had a really hard time staying engaged during these stories. I also didn't know which ones were based on true events. But I guess that's what you get when you stray from the Christmas classics...

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

First two stories were amazing!