On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

I tried to look for discussion threads of previous years. Didn't see any. I was just wondering what Christmas stories others recommend reading.

the Christmas shoes is a good one to read

I loved the christmas box trilogy by Richard Paul Evans.

Thanks. I am trying to get an early start at public libraries before others start checking out christmas readings.

the Christmas box was good to

Glad Tidings by Debbie Macomber was a good one to

There are several very good compilations by southern authors---A Very Southern Christmas, Christmas in the South and A Dixie Christmas are all good if you like writers such as Rick Bragg, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, etc. There's also one called An Appalachian Christmas that I like a lot. The Christmas book by Fanny Flagg is one of my favorites---there are a few Christmas books I advise NOT to get, if you're interested. (I don't like books that seemed to be written just for extra Christmas money...) Hope this helps!

I'm getting ready to read a harlequin book that is a Christmas book. The book is called CHRISTMAS GETAWAY

A Christmas Memory was really good

Donna VanLiere also has other Christmas books that are good (see message 2).
Christmas Hope The Christmas Promise The Christmas Secret, etc.

It may not be southern but Longmire author Craig Johnson posts a story for his readers every Christmas.Here is the link to the story for this year.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/13...

That was fun, Tom. Thanks for the link.

I enjoyed A Redbird Christmas a few years ago.

Don't forget Truman Capote's fictionalized memoirs of Thanksgiving and Christmas in Monroeville, Alabama: A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor This edition is a 3-in1 version. Other editions (with only 1 or 2 stories) have been pub'd.
My F2F book club will read the 3-in-1 for our November book in our "Year of Alabama" (Bicentennial Year).

Nancy L Owens wrote: "Don't forget Truman Capote's fictionalized memoirs of Thanksgiving and Christmas in Monroeville, Alabama: A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor This edition i..."

I sure enjoyed two of those a few years ago.

Some of my favorites are Christmas Gift!

I just remembered a classic short story: The Gift of the Magi byO. Henry
O. Henry was William Sydney Porter & i checked wikipedia to make sure he was Southern. He was born in 1862 in North Carolina & lived there til past grown. He moved to Texas. He spent time in prison in Ohio, did a lot of writing in NYC. He is buried in North Carolina.0