What Christmas Is as We Grow Older
and other stories
by Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
What Christmas Is as We Grow Older is a collection of Christmas writing by Charles Dickens, Harriet Martineau, and other authors. Its pieces approach the holiday from different perspectives, inviting listeners to consider what Christmas means as life changes.
Rather than following one continuous story, the audiobook brings together separate works united by their attention to the season. It offers a varied literary portrait of Christmas, shaped by the voices and styles of its contributors.
Chapters
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| What Christmas Is as We Grow Older, by Charles Dickens | 14:33 | Read by Wayne Cooke | |
| What Christmas Is to a Bunch of People, by R.H. Horne | 29:54 | Read by russcallawag | |
| An Idyll for Christmas In-Doors, by Edmund Ollier | 6:55 | Read by De Anna Lee | |
| What Christmas Is in Country Places, by Harriet Martineau | 22:09 | Read by russcallawag | |
| What Christmas is in the Company of John Doe, by George Augustus Sala | 30:18 | Read by jenno | |
| The Orphan's Dream of Christmas, by Eliza Griffiths | 8:12 | Read by mleigh | |
| What Christmas Is after a Long Absence, by Samuel Sidney | 25:04 | Read by jenno | |
| What Christmas Is if You Outgrow It by T.W.A Buckley | 28:38 | Read by Bill Mosley | |
| The Round Game of the Christmas Bowl, by R.H. Horne | 6:24 | Read by Lee Vogler |