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We had Thanksgiving today so of course we had to watch a Christmas movie 🤷🏻‍♀️👻

4/5 - Re-read
It was quite enjoyable to read this book again for my book club.
Very well written, it's a Christmas classic, the discussion we had was very interesting ;)
Loved the illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

1) A recent tradition is to listen to A Christmas Carol. Love the Tim Curry edition but the Hugh Grant version is good, too.
2) I also have some kids books I read yearly: Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Clause, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Polar Express and a few others
3) Winter Poems

Thanks for the opportunity to think about something else for a bit.

@dabbe

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Thank you for the tag @dabbe ☺️

These are three books set during the Christmas/New Year season that I have only read the once.

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#wickedwhispers @eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Outside of Halloween, “scary ghost stories and tales of the glories” have also been a part of Christmas celebrations for certain cultures for centuries.

He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
#AChristmasCarol #CharlesDickens #Fiction #Christmas #Classics #Fantasy #Audiobook #Literature #HistoricalFiction #Holiday 🩷🩷🩷

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

1, The Christmas Carol
2. Marple: 12 New Mysteries
3. 🤷 I don't read a lot of short stories

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🙂

Want to play? @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @mom_of_4 @Tove_Reads

4.5⭐️ I don‘t know what else I can say about this wonderful book. I had intended on finishing the book by Christmas Day, but it wasn‘t to be. #2024 #bookreview #bookstagram #fiction #classics #christmasstories #fiction

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-christmas-carol-with-original-illustrations-charl...

My December pick for #12Booksof2023 narrated by Patrick Stewart.

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 This was a fun look back at my reading year.

As we come to the close of another year, never forget the true meaning of the holiday season: the uber wealthy getting scared into becoming compassionate & empathetic human beings.

Listening to 5 productions of this was an absolute delight. Curry brings the spookiness, Stewart a gravitas, Grant reminds me of listening to my grandfather read me stories, Dale is always a joy to listen to, & Burton is everything my reading 🌈heart needs. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

I read (or listen) to this book every year!

#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams #faveholidaybook #selfiescavengerhunt #withmyfavoriteholidayread #candycanecrushers

It is astonishing to me that I never have read A Christmas Carol. It is an excellent story and Tim Curry‘s narration is marvelous!

#Wardens2023 #RushAThon #RushAThonBingo #WinterGames #CandyCaneCrushers

My first time with this classic (unless you count ‘Mickey‘s Christmas Carol‘😁, which is almost always a holiday must watch🎞️). Tim Curry does a wonderful narration🥰

🎄: 40

#Wardens2023 #WinterGames #RushAThon

Giving this one a shot as a Christmas read.

I read A Christmas Carol every year. This particular edition has the original illustrations; unfortunately, they are difficult to see in this ebook edition which isn‘t formatted that great. I also finished The Wishing Bridge and listened to Letters From Father Christmas, which is better as either a print book or an ebook because of the illustrations. I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday. Starting Death and Papa Noel.

Merry Christmas friends! This year I listened to this audio version of A Christmas Carol. I enjoyed it because I do love this story, but this won‘t become a favorite version. It sounds a bit odd to say, but I think I find Hugh Grant‘s voice too pleasant for most of this story. I like it better with a deeper or gruffer voice.

#audiobook #Christmas #reread

Christmas morning and cat nip with Rambo

#catsoflitsy

A quick read to see me into Christmas Morning, a re-read.
Always surprises me how short this book is.
I think it makes a better film than a book.

#DashingDecember
#WinterGames

A great #jolabokaflod package from @Karkar ! The gnome is so cute and precious!

I will spend the morning reading and eating chocolate but then off to my part time job for the afternoon.

Merry Jolabokaflod and Christmas Eve!

1. Ugh—this is hard! It‘s a tie between A Christmas Story and A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version!).
2. All I want for Christmas is a good time for a party with friends in the city.
3. A Christmas Carol or NOS4A2. One is all warm and fuzzy—the other not so much! 😂
#WondrousWednesday

Straight up, these three are my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol and I've consumed them all in the last 24 hours. Tim Curry's narration is unbeatable but Hugh Grant has his moments. And for pure, sweet nostalgia (with a dash of childhood terror, because my GOD, I should not have watched a cartoon character descend into a fiery grave at the age of 4!), I'm going for Mickey every time. Do you have a favorite Christmas Carol, fellow Littens?

Confession: I am not a fan of Dickens. Please don‘t hate me! But, he is just not for me.

However, after @MallenNC posted her read of A Christmas Carol with Hugh Grant as the narrator, I had to try it. I liked it! Grant does well reading the story. It was a nice listen while baking cookies.

Watching my favorite version of A Christmas Carol and baking orange drop cookies. 😋 George C. Scott is a very convincing Scrooge!

#watchingholidaymovie #selfiescavengerhunt
First time watching The Man Who Invented Christmas. Loved it!

#holidaymovie
#teamevergreen #wintergames

Spent the morning wrapping Christmas presents while listening to Patrick Stewart‘s Christmas Carol! ❤️🎁❤️

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading. This will count as a #TeamBuddyRead and it also gave me a lot of points when I did the #wordsearch for it. This will count as a Winter/Holiday book for the #wintergames.

#GhostsOfXmas

I really enjoyed Hugh Grant‘s narration of this Christmas classic. I listened to it for the first time last year and decided to do it again this year. I try to read or watch A Christmas Carol in some form every year.

#WonderousWednesday

1. National Lampoon‘s Christmas Vacation; I laugh every year!

2. All I want for Christmas is the Christmas gift of a man with the best taste in music. (I could get behind this gift. I do really enjoy my movie/tv score music!)

3. The tagged book- A Christmas Carol. Fond memories of reading it in class, while eating a candy cane.

We all know the story, it's been adapted for films and TV goodness knows how many times. Scrooge's name has become part of the language. And yet, even after having read it three or four times, I still found the story of Scrooge's reformation moving.

#BookedInTime @Cuilin @dabbe

“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”

A classic and a treat 😊🎄

Spotify “tricked” me into an impulse audio reread of A Christmas Carol. No regrets. I love this story.

Going to build a gingerbread house, so I‘m making some dough! #AudioBaking

#WinterGames #HollyJollyReaders @captivatedbybooks
@Laughterhp @Magpiegem @mom_of_4 @Nelnjali
@OutsmartYourShelf
@ReadingRachael @willaful

Some more holiday watching I‘ve accumulated this week! #wintergames #SantasBookshELVES

Watched Spirited yesterday - it was fun!!

#WinterGames #GangstaWrappers

Make a great day everyone 🎁

‘Tis the season

Making Christmas pinwheel cookies for my sister! #AudioBaking

And listening to one of my audio copies of a Christmas Carol! ❤️ #WinterGames #HollyJollyReaders @captivatedbybooks
@Laughterhp @Magpiegem @mom_of_4 @Nelnjali
@OutsmartYourShelf
@ReadingRachael @willaful

Got our first #teamread for #GhostsofXmas read. I‘d read it in high school so it‘s been a good 15 years or so. It was nice to revisit a classic, especially given how many versions there are of this story in movie form now. Is it my favorite? No, but it is a classic you have to appreciate and who doesn‘t love a bit of a redemption story.

@BookwormAHN #wintergames

4/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 #christmas #classics

#wintergames #decemberdreams #redandgreen #snowflakesquad

I‘m at home with an inexplicable fever at the worst possible time! I‘m hoping the combination of Dickens‘ lovely prose and the inimitable Tim Curry‘s performance will raise my spirits. #WinterGames #WinterGamesTBR #USS #UglySweaterSquad

#Midwintersolace

🍿 What are your favourites? My top two are Muppet Christmas Carol (hence the tag), and Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas.

🍿 Do you have any seasonal traditions? For movies not really.

🍿 What films bring you comfort and joy? I have a huge soft spot for the incredibly twee Depression era films meant to cheer people up during bitter winters.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88 @AllDeBooks

This is one of my favorite rereads every year! I‘m currently teaching my 7th grade students the play version of this so we can watch Patrick Stewart‘s movie version!

5🌟/5🌟