The Best Christmas Stories – Lancelot Schaubert

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: Keeping my tradition of Christmas readings of the best Christmas stories, here is A Christmas Carol Stave 3 : the second of Three Spirits by Charles Dickens. This section focuses on the ghost of Christmas present: If you’d like to see more of the best Christmas stories, go here. Stave One Stave Two   Read more posts like "A Christmas Carol Stave 3 : The Second of Three Spirits by Charles Dickens" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: In keeping with our tradition here of the Best Christmas Stories, I’m reading Six to Eight Black Men by David Sedaris. I have Andy Nash to thank for showing me this one. It’s a story about how the Dutch dress up in blackface to accompany Santa Claus — and why we too might have such offensive and […] Read more posts like "Six to Eight Black Men by David Sedaris" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: Every year, I add some more of the best Christmas stories to my backlog of Christmas readings. This year, I’m a little more organized: I’ve streamlined my recording equipment (by which I mean my iPhone uploads a whole heck of a lot faster than that thing which plugged into my old iPod nano as well […] Read more posts like "Best Christmas Stories : Annual Christmas Readings" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: Keeping with my pseudo-tradition of reading Christmas stories, this year I’m doing A Christmas Carol.  The whole story’s kind of long, so I’m breaking it up into its component staves (It’s a carol, remember?) Here’s A Christmas Carol stave 2, The First of the Three Spirits. I always think of A Muppet Christmas Carol on the first of […] Read more posts like "A Christmas Carol Stave 2 : The First of the Three Spirits" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: Keeping with my tradition of reading Christmas stories, this year I’m doing A Christmas Carol.  Of course, even Dickens’ oral manuscript that he modified original is still pretty dang long, so I’m going to have to break this sucker up into its component staves. (It’s a carol, remember?) Here’s A Christmas Carol stave 1, Marley’s Ghost. Marley’s ghost always […] Read more posts like "A Christmas Carol Stave 1 : Marley’s Ghost" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: And the finale. Merry Christmas to all of you. I might add a couple of Wise Man stories as we approach Epiphany (Jan 6). Hopefully next year I can read through 1 & 2 Maccabeas in the first half of Advent. Luke 2 Matthew 2 Hugs, Kisses, and a chance to grow in Stature, Read more posts like "Luke Chapter Two & Matthew Chapter Two" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   As we close out the Christmas stories, I wanted to let you in on a secret: Kiddo and I have read some of the Advent texts this year and it has enriched our life. To share with you all, I’m posting two chapters today and two chapters tomorrow. Luke 1 Matthew 1 Hugs, Kisses, […] Read more posts like "Luke Chapter One & Matthew Chapter One" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   This one’s for people who need to open their eyes at Christmas: Hugs, Kisses, and Knights,   Read more posts like "Christmas with Sir Roger by Joseph Addison" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   This one will create sympathy for struggling writers and for all of you who feel cynical about Christmas cards: Hugs, Kisses, and Small Gas Stoves, Read more posts like "The Worst Christmas Story by Christopher Morely" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   The next story as we approach the end of Advent and the beginning Christmas. A couple points of housekeeping: This story uses a particular word we find offensive in nowadays, but which few found offensive at the turn of the last century when this story was written. To discredit the point of this story […] Read more posts like "The God of the Gongs by G.K. Chesterton" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   The fourth in our series of Christmas stories. I can’t apologize for the bad accents in some of these simply because that’s totally how I’d read it to my siblings and cousins. So enjoy: Hugs, Kisses, and Cockney Accents, Read more posts like "A Christmas Gift by T. F. Poweys" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: This one’s a poem from the Bread Street kid: Hugs, Kisses, and Hallow’d Fire, Read more posts like "On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity by John Milton" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   Here’s the third Christmas story from the book. Hugs, Kisses, and Daddies with Feelings, Read more posts like "The Pasteboard Star by Margaret Carpenter" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said :: Here’s the second Christmas story from the JOPLIN-born Langston Hughes. I’m reading these stories out of a collection of Christmas stories from 1945 and couldn’t find the copyright date on this one. If anyone finds out that this story is not in the public domain by now like the rest, then let me know.   […] Read more posts like "One Christmas Eve by Langston Hughes" at Lancelot Schaubert.

lanceschaubert over at Lancelot Schaubert - fiction, myths, and free readings of bedtime stories said ::   I’m in full Christmas swing and spirit. Because of that, I feel like reading some of my favorite stories and poems for the season. Here’s the classic poem: Hugs, Kisses, and a Stump of a Pipe, PS> Thanks to everyone who supported last week’s promotion–you guys completely dominated my expectations. Seriously, I was overwhelmed […] Read more posts like "A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clemet C. Moore" at Lancelot Schaubert.