Free Christmas Themed Books and Stories

Tis the Season... to grab you book and a cup of hot cocoa and hid from all the chaos. After all they've found that reading can reduce your stress so it is the perfect excuse for some you time. As always the links here lead to public domain sources and are free, some have audio books as well but it isn't always available.

I always prefer physical books and any of these public domain books should be available through your local library. Physical books are especially useful for children and they tend to have beautiful illustrations and allow them to help by turning the pages. Please be aware that the original versions of most of the children's stories were intended for children who were used to sitting and reading books for entertainment so if your child struggles to sit still there is no shame in finding a picture book version at your local library.

 

Free Christmas Stories For Adults and Older Kids

• A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
• Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
• Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's - Laura Lee Hope
• Some Christmas Stories - Charles Dickens
• The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story - Alcott
• The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story - Alice Duer Miller
• The Fairies and the Christmas Child - Lilian Gask
• The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
• The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church - Wiggin
• The Prodigal Village: A Christmas Tale - Irving Bacheller
• The Romance of a Christmas Card - Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Free Christmas Stories for Kids (Family Reading)

• 'Round the yule-log: Christmas in Norway - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
• A Kidnapped Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum
• A Little Book for Christmas - Cyrus Townsend Brady
• Christmas Every Day and Other Stories - William Dean Howells
• King Winter - Gustav W. Seitz
• Old Christmas: from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving - Washington Irving
• The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House - Hildegard G. Frey
• The Goblins' Christmas - Elizabeth Anderson
• The Nutcracker and the Mouse King - Hoffmann
• The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Anderson
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Hans Christian Anderson
• Twas the Night Before Christmas - Clement Clarke Moore

Citation:
Reading for stress relief: https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/reading-stress-relief

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