Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket

Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket | L.M. Montgomery

I just died when I got to the 3-4 dozen apples. HOW big is this basket?!?

I loved that the passengers have a little concert, with recitations and songs and a “whistling solo!” I started wondering what that might look like today. What would you contribute to a “concert” if you were stuck on a train with a bunch of strangers at Christmas?
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BarbaraJean Today‘s story, “Aunt Cyrilla‘s Christmas Basket” is available here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1902-1903/5/ or on Hoopla, or in the tagged collection.

Tomorrow is a catch-up day and we‘ll be back to our stories on Sunday with “The Osbornes‘ Christmas.” You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1902-1903/17/ or it‘s also available on Hoopla or in the tagged collection.

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JenlovesJT47 Lol I was thinking the same thing, must be an enormous basket! 😅 2w

lauraisntwilder I'm such a sucker for a story set on a train! It's boring, but if I was in an impromptu train concert, I'd sing. I don't know any poems by heart, so no recitations from me! 2w

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CogsOfEncouragement What is the basket made of to be strong enough? How could anyone carry so much? It reminded me of Mary Poppins‘ carpet bag. 2w

TheAromaofBooks It was the entire cold chicken that sent me. How!? 😂 I don't have a lot of skills, but surely I would have a book along, so maybe I could read out loud?? 😆 2w

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder Singing isn't boring at all! I don't think I'd have the courage to sing by myself in front of a bunch of strangers (although I guess if we were at the point of putting on a concert, maybe I'd be more comfortable 😆)--but I'd join a singalong! 2w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I don't know how much of anything I have memorized either, so I love your reading out loud idea! I had a professor who'd ask the class to answer a question as he took attendance & one day he asked everyone to recite a couple lines of poetry. It was amazing how many people were able to pull something out of their head! I don't remember what I quoted, but my favorite was the girl who said: “It was I who killed the albatross!“ 😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks In junior high ish our home school group had a poetry class and we ended with everyone memorizing and reciting a poem. I had this really just tear-jerker poem about this sad old lady trying to get home on slippery streets and a kind young man who helps her across. It's genuinely very sweet, but the part I remember was at the end everyone is kind of sniffing a little so I just decided to lighten the mood with a favorite little lick - 2w

TheAromaofBooks “Some kiss behind a flower; some kiss behind a rose; but the proper place to kiss - is underneath the nose!“ 😂 So I guess I'm ready for that train recital after all 😆 2w

lauraisntwilder @TheAromaofBooks Ha! That's perfect! 2w

Daisey I caught up through this story today, and the quantity of things in the basket made me laugh just as much as last time. 2w

julieclair I love the idea of a basket that would hold so much! But I doubt I could lift it, lol. I suppose singing would have to be my contribution to the concert. 6d

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