December 25: Christmas Stories and Poems

We’ve collected fourteen audiobooks and passages for the Christmas season. The selections range from the familiar Dickens’ Christmas Carol and the Night before Christmas to lesser-known works by Paul Laurence Dunbar that may become new favorites.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol audiobook by Charles Dickens from the Lit2Go website.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Listen to this traditional counting poem on the Lit2Go website. Duration: 2:36. PDF also available.

Christmas in the Heart by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A poem from Lyrics of the Hearthside by Paul Laurence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 1:33. PDF also available.

A Christmas Folkong by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A poem from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow by Paul Laurence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 1:55. PDF also available.

A Little Christmas Basket by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A poem from Lyrics of Love and Laughter by Paul Laurence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 1:38. PDF also available.

Christmas Carol by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A poem from the audiobook, Miscellaneous Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 1:26. PDF also available.

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Listen to the well-known short story from The Four Million by O. Henry from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 11:38. PDF also available.

A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore

This well-loved poem begins, “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house….” Audiobook with illustrations from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 3:18. PDF also available.

Christmas by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A poem from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow by Paul Laurence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 1:19. PDF also available.

Christmas at Shilo by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A short story from The Heart of Happy Hollow by Paul Laurence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 14:11. PDF also available.

"Speaking' o' Christmas" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar

A poem from Lyrics of Lowly Life by Paul Lawrence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 2:32. PDF also available.

A Defender of the Faith by Paul Lawrence Dunbar

A Christmas story from The Heart of Happy Hollow by Paul Lawrence Dunbar from the Lit2Go website. Duration: 10:01. PDF also available.

The Norway Spruce by Robert Gordon Anderson

Story #12 from the Half-Past Seven Stories audiobook on the Lit2Go website. Duration: 11:38 PDF also available.

The Bird's Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Audiobook about a girl born on Christmas Day from the Lit2Go website.