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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

I loved reading about all the little secrets as the Joseph children prepared gifts for each other! (Also, why are children so often described as having “curly heads”?!) In the end, this is yet another sweet story of kindness and sharing at Christmas. 💜🎄

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BarbaraJean Today‘s story is “The Josephs‘ Christmas,” which is available on Hoopla, and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1902-1903/13/

Tomorrow will be a catch-up day, and we‘ll be back on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday with a series of New Year stories to lead up to Christmas!

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories

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CogsOfEncouragement Another heartwarming story of Providence. My fav line was “Well, this is Christmas with a vengeance.” 13h

julieclair What a lovely story. The love and resourcefulness of the Josephs, and the kindness of the Ralstons. True Christmas spirit all around. ❤️🎄❤️ 12h

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BarbaraJean @CogsOfEncouragement Haha, yes! I loved that line!! I was going to use it for the quote, but decided it was a little misleading out of context 😂 @julieclair I love how the story highlights that the homemade gifts the children made for each other were not forgotten and were still appreciated, even alongside the bounty of gifts from the Ralstons! (edited) 11h

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lauraisntwilder @CogsOfEncouragement I loved that line, too! 😊 11h

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JenlovesJT47

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Another heartwarming read today for #KindredSpiritsChristmas - The large, poor but happy Josephs family gets a nice Christmas surprise from some wealthy visitors on Christmas Eve night. 4⭐️ 80 points

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 To 1901 | L. M. Montgomery

What is the happiest Christmas morning you can remember?

This was another lovely story about giving to others on Christmas. So many of these stories have the same exact themes—in today‘s story, noticing someone who is lonely or less-fortunate and bringing them Christmas joy—but I LIKE those themes!

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BarbaraJean Today‘s story is “A Christmas Inspiration,” which is available on Hoopla, and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1896-1901/2/

Tomorrow we‘ll be reading “The Josephs‘ Christmas,” which is available in the above-noted sources, and online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1902-1903/13/

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories

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lauraisntwilder The happiest Christmas morning I can remember was when my son was 3 and he got the talking Vanellope (from Wreck-It Ralph) doll he'd asked for. I made pancakes and made small ones for the doll and he thought it was to coolest thing ever. ❤️ This was a sweet story. I liked that the "needy" person wasn't necessarily poor 2d

CogsOfEncouragement Heartwarming, with the hope they can keep up the goodwill all year. 2d

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TheAromaofBooks My mom loves Christmas so I have loads of happy Christmas memories. But one of my favorites was a few years ago when the family had planned to get together 12/26 instead of 12/25, so a rare Christmas where the husband and I were going to be home alone for the holiday - and it SNOWED, like several inches of snow, which never happens here on Christmas and was supposed to be rain but instead it was just so perfect and fluffy!!! 1d

BarbaraJean One of my favorite Christmases was when I was living in South Africa & didn't return to the US at Christmas. My roommate & I invited two friends for a Christmas Eve sleepover—we decorated Christmas cookies by candlelight because of a power out. Then we had what we called “Magnificent & Wondrous Christmas Breakfast“! @lauraisntwilder Aw, I love the idea of little pancakes for the doll!! @TheAromaofBooks An unexpected white Christmas—what a delight! 14h

TheAromaofBooks Your favorite Christmas sounds exactly like one of LMM's stories! 😂 3h

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Reading Challenges Journal: Let's Do Some Reading Challenges! | J&c Publishing

Cannot BELIEVE I am working on a reading journal for ***2025*** That's not a real date!!!! @PuddleJumper is responsible for most of my challenges this year, although @lauredhel is also doing some work 😂 This year: #ISpyBingo #100YearsofBooks (and finishing @Librarybelle 's #192025 ), #Pantone2025 #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll and #BookChain

Not pictured - #ReadtheUSA #WickedWords @AsYouWish #FourFoursin25 @lauredhel #FictionalTraveler @julieclair ⬇

BookishMadHatter I've started on my 2025 book journal too, but I'm scaling it back a little this year. I find I have to use a bunder because if I run out of space and need to split a section in a bound journal my poor brain has a meltdown and I end up having to start all over. 2d

TheAromaofBooks Plus numerous ongoing buddy reads -
#BobWhiteBuddies
#OokBookClub @julesG
#ChristieCapers and #NancyDrewBR @librarybelle
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
#IDLR @StayCurious @LiseWorks
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
and the much-beloved #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead despite dragging me through books I loved to hate to read 😂 2d

TheAromaofBooks @BookishMadHatter - I feel that!! For the last couple of years I've used a quad-lined composition book. Because it's sewn, I can add lots of washi tape and other pieces of paper taped in and it just gets fatter without falling apart 😂 All my ongoing, year-long challenges are in the front. Then I skip to the second half of the notebook and create my monthly #BookSpinBingo lists as I go along, plus any short-term readathons or challenges. 2d

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PuddleJumper I like organizing things! Looks amazing 2d

BarkingMadRead So honored to be on the list 🤣🤣🤣 2d

Librarybelle This looks so amazing! Good luck on all of your challenges and buddy reads! 2d

julieclair This looks great! 👍😃 2d

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JenlovesJT47

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Next up for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is set in a women‘s boarding house. 5 young women who are good friends & can‘t go home for Christmas decide to try to make a happy Christmas for a lonely lady who‘s been living there for 14 years & has no friends & no money. It‘s really sweet & fun & reminds me of Anne & her roommates while she was in college. 4⭐️ 80 points

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1905 to 1906 | L.M. Montgomery

“Alexina was perfectly reckless; no matter how big a hole it made in their finances Uncle James must have a proper Christmas dinner. A favorable impression must be made.”

I did love this story, with all its familiar LMM Christmas story themes: a Christmas mishap is made right, a disagreement is resolved, and a rich relative swoops in to fix things! Although I wanted an apology from Duncan! ⤵️

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BarbaraJean Today‘s story is “The Falsoms‘ Christmas Dinner,” which is available on Hoopla, and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/19/

Tomorrow we‘ll be reading “A Christmas Inspiration,” which is available in the above-noted sources, and online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1896-1901/2/

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories

TheAromaofBooks I liked this one but it felt a little too fast. I didn't feel like I got the connection to these two as I have to characters in several of the other stories we've read. 3d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks It did feel quick, didn't it?! I thought she could have developed this one a lot more (it's another of these stories that I'd happily read a longer version of!) 3d

CogsOfEncouragement Another heartwarming short. 3d

lauraisntwilder I'm trying to imagine the "greasy trail" left by stealing a turkey. ? 2d

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JenlovesJT47

The Complete Christmas Stories of L. M. Montgomery (14 short stories, Illustrated): The Red Room, A Christmas Mistake, A Christmas Inspiration and others | L. M. Montgomery

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Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas read is a really good one. There‘s nothing like making up with your best friends after a long estrangement, especially at Christmas. 5⭐️ 80 points

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Untitled | Untitled

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Yesterday was so busy that I missed both reading and posting! I finished listening to “A Merryvale Christmas” this morning. It‘s a fun story, with kids longing for gifts, a snowball fight, sleigh rides & sledding, and bringing Christmas to the less-fortunate. But especially for a longer story, it felt a bit lacking. I‘m still puzzled by this little Hoopla audiobook and I have notes! ⤵️
#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

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BarbaraJean I still find it odd that I can‘t find a mention of this story anywhere. It didn‘t NOT feel like LMM, although it wasn‘t particularly distinctive. I could see it being published in one of the boys‘ magazines LMM mentions writing for. The production was odd, with music sort of fading in and out behind the intro, which weirdly went on and on about how great Christmas is. It then gave some background about LMM, but didn‘t really explain where the ⤵️ 4d

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) story came from—which is what I most wanted to know! The female narrator was less annoying than the guy who did the intro, but she kept pronouncing “Todd” as “Toad.” ⁉️ Then after the story came a full rendition of Joy to the World and an effusive bio of Geoffrey Giuliano, who I guess started the media company that made the audiobook?! Weird all around. Who else listened to this audiobook? I‘m super interested to hear your thoughts! ⬇ (edited) 4d

BarbaraJean Tomorrow we‘ll be reading “The Falsoms‘ Christmas Dinner,” which is available on Hoopla (but it‘s NOT a weird audiobook with dubious origins!!), and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/19/

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JenlovesJT47 Wasn‘t this so weird??? I‘m glad it‘s not just me. I only gave it a soft pick because it‘s LMM but it didn‘t really feel like one of her stories. Maybe we would have liked it better if we could have read it with our eyeballs. Plus the intro was like 5+ minutes of music and stuff, not to mention the outro. So very strange. 4d

BarbaraJean @JenlovesJT47 I know, right?! The intro & outro were bizarre. I think I'd have felt differently about this one if I could have read it on the page, without all the weird audiobook quirks.

What's funny is that I had a Hoopla audiobook of A Christmas Carol on my list to read, and this morning I noticed it's from the same media company as this one. I went & found a different version because I don't want the same weird crap with A Christmas Carol 😂 (edited) 4d

Daisey I checked it out on Hoopla, but I haven‘t had a chance to listen yet. I lost track of when I was supposed to get to it, but I‘ll keep my expectations in check based on your comments. It is weird it seems to be mentioned nowhere else. 4d

TheAromaofBooks Sounds... interesting 😂 I'm sorry to miss this one, but apparently not TOO sorry haha 4d

TheAromaofBooks As a side note, will we be starting January by reading Anne of the Island? 3d

BarbaraJean @Daisey Glad a couple of us could help you lower your expectations! There's a bunch at the beginning and the end that you can skip! 3d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks 😂 Yeah, don't bend over backwards to become an audiobook listener for this one! And yes, we will be starting Anne of the Island in January! I haven't put together a graphic yet, but I will soon. This is the plan:
12/29-1/11: Island
1/12-1/18: finish Journals Vol. 3
1/19-2/1: House of Dreams
...unless people want to take a break the week of New Year's? January is being unhelpful by starting in the middle of the week. 😂 3d

TheAromaofBooks Wednesday holidays are the worst!! 😂 I am good with whatever, especially since Island is an easy, enjoyable reread. I'll be on vacation Jan 4-11 and probably offline for that time, but it's no hardship to work Anne into my program haha 3d

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

Well, this starts off with a lengthy intro about how great Christmas is (that I‘m pretty sure was not written by LMM)—and if you want to skip ahead, you can start chapter one around the 7:45 mark! Not a whole lot of story yet in the first two chapters, but I‘m interested to hear the result of the snow fight tomorrow. #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead ⤵️

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BarbaraJean In all my Google searchings, I‘ve only found this as an audiobook on Hoopla. The intro seems to indicate it‘s drawn from several stories and books, but its origins are otherwise a mystery! I‘m interested to see how much of a traditional LMM flavor it has as we listen to the rest. (edited) 6d

lauraisntwilder Is it just me, or is the narrator pronouncing Todd like toad? 6d

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder It‘s not just you! That annoyed me!! 6d

TheAromaofBooks I'm not an audiobook person, so I doubt I'll end up listening to this. But I'm very interested to hear what you think of it!! I wonder where this story came from?? I could find nothing about it! 5d

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Christmas Stories | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Since this audiobook is only 45 minutes long I decided to go ahead and listen to the whole thing today. This was new to me. I really disliked the narrator so I didn‘t enjoy this as much as the others we‘ve read but it‘s still good. I couldn‘t find anything but the audiobook. 3.5⭐️ 80 points

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BarbaraJean You're way ahead! 😄 I'm looking forward to starting my listening tomorrow. It's so puzzling to me that I can't find this anywhere except as a Hoopla audiobook! 6d

JenlovesJT47 @BarbaraJean yes, very weird. I found all of the other ones in various places, most you can read right in your internet browser, but all I could find was the audiobook on Hoopla. Wasn‘t a fan of the woman narrator because she sounds exactly like someone I know that I‘m not a fan of lol. Would have been better to read it with my eyeballs. But at least we can mark this one off our list! 🙃 6d

BarbaraJean @JenLovesJT I wasn't a fan of the woman narrator, but mainly because she kept pronouncing “Todd“ as “Toad“ and it bothered me!! The audiobook overall was weird. I would have preferred reading it in print as well! 4d

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