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A Classic Christmas Treasury is a great selection of amazing christmas stories which I loved. I highly recommend this book to everyone.

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A wonderful collection filled with a great selection of Christmas tales all capturing the meaning of Christmas/the Christmas spirit.

The classics chosen are all iconic and can be appreciated by older and younger audiences alike which makes them even more special! The collection is truly priceless and knows no age!

I am 100% ordering the physical copy of this to read under the Christmas tree next Christmas!

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A lovely Christmas collection of stories conveying the spirit and deeper meaning of Christmas. A book that continues to give.

A selection box without a fudge bar. A tub of chocolates without an orange cream.

A Classic Christmas Treasury is full of familiar ones we would expect and a few interesting additions that will melt and break your heart.

I love Christmastime, and it was a pure delight to be immersed into the season over and over again.

Joy to the world begins here. Gather round the piano and bang out those notes of the tunes included among the short stories.

So good to read Dicken’s A Christmas Carol as well as other “classics” you might expect. The Nutcracker was a story I knew better through the ballet and the story was quite new and a joy from start to finish.

The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen was familiar but like all of these stories so pleased to re-read and reflect.
But the less known authors added to my experience and “The Boy with the Box made the collection extra special to me and this short story will live long in my memory.

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A beautiful compilation of beloved Christmas stories! I loved the inclusion of sheet music and lyrics for some songs, as well.

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A nice collection of longer stories and short stories, poems and songs from different cultures. I liked the inclusion of historical notes that put the pieces into context.

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This book cover is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
In this book you get a bunch of Christmas stories to read throughout the month of December. You also get some sheet music in there to sing along with. This is a beautiful collection and one I most definitely need with some of my absolute favorite holiday stories. You also get little notes about the authors of the stories and these little tidbits of history. Absolutely magical.

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A glorious collection of Christmas stories, poems, and carols, with brief author bios and a history of each story. A perfect holiday gift, and a splendid resource you can use throughout the year to experience Christmas cheer!

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Lovely collection for Christmas time.
(Great gift too)It will get you in the mood for Christmas.

I really liked that it wasn't just prose but also poems and carols.

Definitely going to read this again next Christmas and recommend it to friends and family.

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This book takes me back to my childhood. The memories of Christmas' past came flooding back and made me laugh and cry a little. I plan on reading The Nutcracker to my grandchildren and I hope to make it a Christmas tradition.

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The book has such a delightful collection of Christmas tales, Christmas Carols, and poems. They take us back to the magical time. They are certain to get the reader in festive mood. I loved rereading A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker and the mouse. I loved the other tales and poems too including The First Noel, ‘Twas the night before christmas, The little Piccola, The Fir Tree and The boy with the box. The other tales are good too. The tales have focused on Christmas Spirit, Sacrifice, love, Birth of Jesus, exchanging gifts and many more values.

Thanks to Netgalley

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Perfect addition to all Christmas classic lovers, a beautiful collection and great gift for the holiday.

Definitely waited to read this one for the season and will be purchasing for myself.

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Lovely compilation of various Christmas elements including stories, poems, and sheet music. Well balanced with shorter poems and content between the longer work. Being able to jump to various chapters on a kindle or printed version to reference the pieces and having all of these in one place will make this a lovely addition to a home library. In a printed copy it could be improved with the addition of art throughout, but with classics like these there might be some beauty to keeping it simple. The cover art looks stunning and timeless.

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Love!

I grew up with various "treasuries" and had thought they'd gone the way of the dodo bird when I came across this one. I adore that it has short stories, novels, and songs all bound up into one volume for easy perusing throughout the season. There are the classics we all know and includes a few that I hadn't picked up before. Slap on this gorgeous cover and you have a perfect addition to any Christmas collection

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Who doesn’t enjoy a classic Christmas treasury?
I love Christmas and all the fun nostalgia and traditions surrounding it, so giving this book an opportunity was a given! We like to remember the try reason for the season, but some fun, harmless reads such as this one keep the spirit flowing strong all season long! Definitely give this sweet collection a shot and have your heart filled with a little joy this Christmas. 🎄❤️🎁

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This is a lovely collection of Christmas stories and I’m going to thoroughly enjoy reading with my children come the Christmas season this year.

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A wonderful collection of Christmas stories, carols, history, and poems, some well known, and some not so.
Not this book inbues the magic and wonderfulness that only comes at Christmas.

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A Classic Christmas Treasury includes short stories, poems and even some Christmas Carols. Of course there are some well know stories: Christmas Carol, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (poem), The Gift of the Magi and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, but also some that I had never heard of before. After each story there is an about the author section and the history of what was happening in the world or in publishing at that time. I can't believe I have never read The Nutcracker, only seen the cartoon and the ballet. It is a good story and I am glad I finally read it. I read the ebook, so the description of the hard cover with embossed pages and gold leaf, was lost on me. I think I missed the illustrations that have been published in many of the books of these stories, which was why I only gave it 5 stars. If you are looking for a book that contains many wonderful stories of Christmas in one volume, this just might be the book for you.

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This was so good! I loved reading the little short tales of Christmas. It was ao good! I couldn't put it down!!
I just reviewed A Classic Christmas Treasury by Charles Dickens; Clement C. Moore; Hans Christian Andersen; Carolyn Sherwin Bailey; Frances Jenkins Olcott; Helen G Ricks; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman; Leslie Pinckney Hill; O Henry. #AClassicChristmasTreasury #NetGalley
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Oh I do love Christmas and I do love classics and this had both of these things in spades. I loved ready this book, remembering Christmases past and looking forward to Christmas in the future as well.

A lovely way to celebrate Christmas and a great gift idea for those who love Christmas as much as I do. There are Christmas Carols, classic stories and poems that will make you smile. A great read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

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This is a lovely collection of Christmas stories, poems, and songs. It includes classics from Dickens and ETA Hoffman among others. It's a lovely compilation to remind you of the true spirit of Christmas.

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