A Vintage Christmas: A Giftable Collection of Classic Christmas Stories and Seasonal Poetry

by Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, L.M. Montgomery

This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features 23 old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia. A Vintage Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, L. M. Montgomery, and William Dean Howells, as well as poems from Eliza Cook, Christina Rossetti, William Makepeace Thackeray, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This collection is a timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never changes. Filled with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for any reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and cozy family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.

Genres: Christmas, Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry, Adult

320 pages, Paperback

Published October 3, 2023

About the author

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars, rounded up

[Donna Mork · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable holiday read that included various short stories and poetry by classic authors. From Louisa May Alcott to Mark Twain to Emily Dickenson, it made for relaxing, stress-free reading during a hectic holiday season. Some of the poetry was familiar to me so I know I've read some of them before.

[Mackenzie Hearne · Rating 5 out of 5]

"What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring him a lamb. If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part,- Yet what I can I give Him. Give my heart." - Christina Rossetti; A Christmas Carol

"Christmas Spirit is not something you can turn off like a faucet on December 26th!” -Lorelai Gilmore

[Lu Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sweet group of short stories and poems to get you into the mood of Christmas!
If you love historical / vintage this is for u!

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet little Christmas stories, some were better than others. I especially liked the ones by Ms. Alcott. I recommend if you enjoy Christmas books.

[France · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was looking forward to reading this to put me in the Christmas spirit. Unfortunately, the book was a disappointment. I did not find any of the stories really compelling.

[Carrie Louderback · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comforting holiday read. Will want to read again.