Christmas Classics: Stories for the Whole Family

by Tom Casaletto (Read by), Dick Hill (Read by), J. Charles (Read by)

Listen to a collection of classic stories by the world’s most beloved writers. Here are the complete stories, unabridged, for you and your family to enjoy together this Christmas and for many Christmases to come. Family favorites and remembered treasures are in this collection, as well as a few light-hearted surprises.



A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Read by Tom Casaletto
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, Read by Dick Hill
Is There a Santa Claus? (Yes, Virginia…) by Frank P. Church, Read by J. Charles
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas) by Clement C. Moore, Read by Bill Weideman
A Winter Walk by Henry David Thoreau, Read by Jean Reed-Bahle
The Seven Poor Travelers by Charles Dickens, Read by Michael Page
The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen, Read by Sandra Burr
Santa Claus at Simpson’s Bar by Bret Harte, Read by Robert Lawrence
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens, Read by Buck Schirner

Genres: Christmas

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll be keeping this one on the Christmas reading shelf for sure. Love the narration and storys!

[Mary Lou · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nine stories - some good, some not so good. Nine readers - some good, some not so good. The good stories don't necessarily have the good readers. The good readers don't necessarily improve the not-so-good stories. Overall, I'd skip it. You can get much better audio versions of A Christmas Carol - why they had an American reader trying to do English accents I'll never understand. The Seven Poor Travelers, one of two other Dickens contributions, was pretty awful. A Winter Walk by Thoreau confirmed my previous suspicion that I can cross Walden off my to-read list. The others are okay, but none of them makes this audio book worth the trouble.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice mix of Christmas stories and poems. Some were really short, only a few tracks, and others were a couple CDs. There was a weird Charles Dickens story about 7 travelers. I'm not sure what to make of it. Some of the short stories were bizarre too. Overall, it was a fun read, but by far, the best book was "A Christmas Carol."

[Christi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really am enjoying this book on tape. The reader is very good. The stories are great. A Christmas Carol is original so it has added details not found in the movie version. I'd like to read this every year around the holidays.