Christmas Short Works Collection 2007
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of LibriVox members.
Section 09: A Cornish Christmas Play, a mummers' play, was read by gathered members of the UK LibriVox chapter (Sarah O'Connor, Graham Redman, Cori Samuel and Peter Yearsley.)
(5 hr 30 min)
Chapters
| Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle | 50:09 | Read by Ralph Snelson |
| Christmas at Sea | 4:19 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Christmas Fairy of Strasburg | 8:54 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Christmas Present | 11:24 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| A Christmas Star | 8:30 | Read by Esther |
| Christmas Storms and Sunshine | 34:06 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Christmas Trees | 4:10 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| A Conscience Pudding | 33:27 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| A Cornish Christmas Play | 5:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Gift of the Magi | 13:50 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| God Bless Us Every One | 1:47 | Read by Jan MacGillivray |
| Hang Up the Baby’s Stocking | 1:53 | Read by Jan MacGillivray |
| Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas | 6:22 | Read by Doug Stalnaker |
| Karma | 1:11 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Little Match Girl | 7:01 | Read by Don Good |
| Little Tree | 1:34 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| The Magi | 0:59 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Mr. Bluffs' Experiences of Holidays | 16:01 | Read by Nathalie J. |
| Mrs. Santa Claus | 5:59 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Night After Christmas | 3:59 | Read by Jan MacGillivray |
| An Old-Time Christmas | 10:14 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| The Philanthropist's Christmas | 20:42 | Read by Nathalie J. |
| The Queerest Christmas Grace | 18:19 | Read by Nathalie J. |
| A Rhyme for Christmas | 2:43 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| The Story of Christmas | 7:03 | Read by Esther |
| A Story that Never Ends | 14:23 | Read by Tofor |
| To An Old Fogey | 2:28 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas) | 3:51 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
| Vera's First Christmas Adventure | 25:19 | Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
| Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas) | 4:06 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
Reviews
Enjoyable
Janelle
There was a good variety of stories in this volume, although I never fail to be surprised by the Victorian appreciation for tragic Christmas stories. I didn't listen to every story as I've previously read some of them.