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LitsyEvents
Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery
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JenlovesJT47
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The last read for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is another cozy feel-good read from the queen of cozy. I‘ve really enjoyed reading these stories every day. Thanks so much for hosting @BarbaraJean ! 🤗 80 points

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BarbaraJean You‘re welcome—this was such a fun daily read this year! 2mo
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JenlovesJT47
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Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas read is a good reminder to reach out to people who are lonely around the holidays & doing what we can to make a difference. 80 points

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JenlovesJT47
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Next up for #KindredSpritsChristmas is Uncle Richard‘s New Year‘s Dinner. Another family feud is ended when Prissy secretly goes to her estranged uncle‘s house & cooks his New Year‘s dinner while he is at work. Classic LMM. 80 points

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BarbaraJean
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“I'd love to be friends with you,“ she said slowly. “I've often thought I'd like to know you. Isn't it odd that we have the same name? It was so nice of you to come and see me. I—I'd love to have you come often.“

Aw—such a sweet story of a mixup that leads to a kind deed and a future friendship. Also: Josie Pye!! ? ⤵️

#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean Today‘s story is “Ida‘s New Year Cake,” which is available on Hoopla, and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/11/

Tomorrow, we‘ll finish out this Christmas buddy read with “Bertie‘s New Year,” which is available at the above-noted sources, as well as online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/5/
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CogsOfEncouragement lol Right? I‘m sure it is quite a chore to continually come up with unique names! I enjoyed this sweet story of kindness. 2mo
lauraisntwilder They were discussing the "other" Ida Mtchell and I thought, if only they had an idea of the other Josie Pye! 2mo
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BarbaraJean @CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve often thought about that with LMM‘s short stories, wondering how she chose all the names! @lauraisntwilder Oh, my—yes!! Now you have me thinking: what if LMM had written a story in which this Josie Pye was that Josie Pye and had the name mixup. A very different story indeed. 😂 2mo
rubyslippersreads Was the Josie Pye in AOGG the evil twin of the one in this story? 2mo
BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads I only just saw this comment! 🤦🏻‍♀️ And YES, I think we have an evil twin situation here. 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks
Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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@Scochrane26 - I'm your #JolabokaflodSwap match this year!!! I mailed your package earlier this week, but in typical Sarah-Style did not actually notate on the envelope anywhere that it was a Litsy package or who it was from 😂 So be on the lookout for a blue padded envelope from Ohio - that's your Swap gift!!! Merry Christmas!!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks so much for hosting - I love this simple swap!!

dabbe ❣️🎄❣️ 2mo
AnnCrystal 😍🎄🤩💝. 2mo
Scochrane26 Thanks for letting me know, Sarah! 2mo
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BarbaraJean
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“Clorinda stopped short suddenly. She had just remembered that she would not have liked to say that last sentence to Aunt Emmy. Therefore, there was something wrong about it. Clorinda had long ago learned that there was sure to be something wrong in anything that could not be said to Aunt Emmy.”

I loved today‘s story, with its focus on giving out of who you are, rather than what you can spend.❤️

#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean Today‘s story, “Clorinda‘s Gifts,” is available on Hoopla and in the tagged collection, or online here: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20150144/html.php#Clorindas_G...

Tomorrow we‘ll read “Katherine Brooke Comes to Green Gables,” which is an excerpt from Anne of Windy Poplars (2nd Year, chs. 5-6). The excerpt is in the tagged collection, or the full text of the book is available here: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20100608
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CogsOfEncouragement This one was really sweet, I enjoyed it. 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I know LMM wrote a lot of short stories for “churchy“ magazines and such where she “had“ to have a moral to the story, and it makes me wonder how many in this collection were originally written with that purpose. But I still really enjoy them because she makes the lesson so palatable and thoughtful. 2mo
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lauraisntwilder @TheAromaofBooks I've been wondering that, too. This one definitely felt like that, but she is so good at forming characters quickly that it was still enjoyable. 2mo
TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - Exactly, she makes her characters still feel so realistic and relatable, even in a 6-page story, that it feels like we're just learning the lesson alongside them instead of being preached at. 2mo
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder Yes, this one seemed very much like a teach-y one for young people! I wondered that about “The Osborne's Christmas“ as well. Both clearly have a “lesson” but as you said, Sarah, they don‘t feel preachy. I thoroughly enjoyed both!

I started poking around to see if I could find publication info on “The Osbornes Christmas” because it seemed SO much like a Sunday school paper or similar. ⬇
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BarbaraJean (Cont'd) I found this page, which has pub info for a lot of LMM's stories: https://www.fadedpage.com/sc/montgomery.php

It didn't shed light on the Osbornes, but it does say that Clorinda was published in the Epworth Herald. I looked that up and found that it was a newspaper for a Methodist Episcopal young people‘s service organization, so the “moral of the story” purpose checks out! https://www.nyac.com/theepworthheralddec2009
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BarbaraJean OK, never mind, that page DOES have info on “The Osborne's Christmas“--not sure how I missed it! It was published in “Zion's Herald,“ a weekly Methodist publication “devoted to religion and moral subjects“ (according to Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/pub_zions-herald?tab=about). IA also has that issue scanned if you want to see the original! https://archive.org/details/sim_zions-herald_1903-12-16_81_50/page/1604/mode/2up (edited) 2mo
lauraisntwilder She was writing for the Methodists?! Felicity King would be scandalized! 😂 2mo
TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - I lost it 😂 2mo
BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder 😂😂😂 2mo
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder Yes. A less talented writer could have made this unbearably sappy. 2mo
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TheAromaofBooks
Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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@BookmarkTavern - I'm your match for the #StuffedStockingSwap !!! I finally got your package in the mail yesterday and USPS says it should be there Friday!! I hope you love it!! 😁

@Avanders thanks so much for hosting this fun swap every year!!!

Avanders 👏🏼👏🏼🎄☃️❤️😘 2mo
BookmarkTavern Oh I am so excited! 💖💖💖 2mo
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BarbaraJean
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This evening was fine & crisp and I drove into Uxbridge to meet Ewan who has been away all week attending a conference in Toronto. We have a dear little mare "Queen," who is not afraid of motors or anything of that kind & I can drive her without fear. We had a pleasant drive home through the moonlight and a delightful home-coming, with Frede & Sonny Punch [Chester], a bright fire and a good supper awaiting us.
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BarbaraJean I came across this today on FB and was delighted! This quote is from Vol. 2 of the Selected Journals—so it‘s farther along in Maud‘s life than we‘ve gotten yet, but I thought I‘d share 😊 5mo
TheAromaofBooks So fun!!! 5mo
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