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CTyankee
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:16 PM Original message |
referred to here for: ideas for short stories to read aloud to family on xmas eve. |
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pinto
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. O. Henry - "The Gift of the Magi" is a great choice, imo. This may fit, as well - |
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CTyankee
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. that poem has received more attention to me as I grow older... |
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pinto
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah, a more colloquial voice. And as you say, he nails the setting, however brief. |
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not my favorite but Frost has his moments. |
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Read this every year; daughters still love it. AND, of course, |
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grasswire
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Sat Dec-03-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. A Child's Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas |
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Sat Dec-03-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Personally... |
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MADem
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Sat Dec-03-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Night Before Xmas always works--that's really a poem, but it's fun. nt |
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