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6 kids discuss their wonderful mom in honor of her birthday.
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Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Ally reads the short story "Christmas Eve" by Washington Irving, which appeared in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, along with Rip Van Winkle and Sleep Hollow. Irving's portrayal of Christmas in England was very influential in the development of American Christmas traditions.
This is Ally signing off for the year. Mary will pick up next week with a few more Christmas short stories and then we will begin a new novel in January. Merry Christmas!
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Mary reads The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe (1850). Though Poe did not write any stories specifically set around Christmas (that I could find - please send us the name if he did!), this semi-ghost story is in keeping with the relatively unintentional Christmas Eve ghost story theme we have going. I also chose it because I thought it might fit into the type of ghost story Jerome K. Jerome had so much fun satirizing in Told After Supper.
Read along here.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Mary reads the short story Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy.
And with that, Mary is signing off for 2021! We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Ally reads a chapter (or two) a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Ally reads a chapter (or two) a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
This one is short and intriguing.