The best, most festive books to read this Christmas

[@jada8189]

The Chronicle's of Narnia! Especially the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are my favorite for the holidays.

[@Mariak82]

Yes, love watching the movie as well. 🙂❄

[@staceydavis9195]

Yes! When I taught 6 & 7th grade, it was our novel study between thanksgiving and Christmas break. We would celebrate at the end by trying Turkish delight for the first time and watching the movie.

[@mymeilarose]

Yes I'm christian-catholic

[@sherryjohnson3804]

I came here to say the same thing

[@renee_angelica]

I read them this Christmas!! So perfect

[@MtMcKinley]

You know what I would love to hear? A full story in Ruby’s voice as like a bedtime story of sorts. I could fall asleep to your reading and NOT saying it’s boring, but your voice is so nice to listen to.

[@lyd1017]

she should be on the calm app reading a sleep story!

[@hollyandersen9394]

"The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen and "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry always remind me of Christmas and the feelings of winter. My parents bought me a copy of "The Holly and the Ivy" when I was little which was a children's story. I do not know the history of it or whether or not it is a story that someone made up to go with the Christmas carol rather than something that has been around for decades. Thank you for sharing your suggestions.

[@SylviaLaidlow-Petersen]

I think that the Holly and the Ivy were ancient symbols of male and female, and both plants were used to decorate the home in winter.

[@rhosymedra6628]

the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is my favourite christmas reread! It's set at Christmastime and captures both the festive atmosphere and the contrast with the often cold and lonely outdoors. It's just a lot of fun.

[@psyche8187]

I love this story.

[@renee_angelica]

oh very interesting! I've been planning on reading it in 2025, maybe I'll wait for December

[@y-st7xo]

I am not a Christian and I have never met a Christian person in my life and in fact I am very excited to read more about Christmas in Christianity and learn about their traditional stories because I have never heard of any of these stories or these titles and they are all new to me ++ your way of describing the books is really beautiful and exciting, I hope to find one of these books translated into my language so that I can read it ❤❤

[@TJ-kz1ul]

Lucky you! I live in a Christian community and they aggressively try to save "the lost" by pressuring people to get "saved" all the time and in every way possible---it's in sports, community events, sometimes they even knock on my door with Bible tracts warning people of going to hell!! It's everywhere. I get so sick of it.

[@thenoobalmighty8790]

​@@TJ-kz1ulexactly. Religions are just cults

[@thenoobalmighty8790]

Are you from Mars? 😅

[@saram5659]

​@@thenoobalmighty8790Do you think the western christian world is all there is? Most people on earth are not christian, white or speak english... you are a minority

[@SaumyaSingh-cm8yr]

​@@thenoobalmighty8790 I am from India and have never met a Christian. They are a minority here. And I think they are so many countries in Asia where Chritians are in minority.

[@riaderycke2367]

Winter Solstice by Rosamund Pilcher. A very warm story of people whose lives touch eachother round Christmas time.

[@christineoneill9307]

Re-reading it right now. My annual re-read of a fantastic book.

[@sherryjohnson3804]

Love pilcher

[@Gwenyfith]

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry are both wonderful, wintry short stories that I like to reread. Im excited to find and read the Snow Child; that sounds up my alley.

[@penultimateh766]

Ruby your erudition and sweetness always shine through in these videos. Thanks for the reviews. War and Peace actually has a pretty nice chapter about Christmas in it, with a rather magical sleigh ride.

[@Marlena5227]

Ruby, you have a wonderful presence on video with a lively, lilting voice to attract interest. I will try and find your insightful recommendations. As an older American, I have read many of these books. You remind me of my passion for books beginning at a young age. Please keep going. We need your voice ♡ All the best...

[@raimaghosh9494]

Hi Ruby. I so agree with the fact that one keeps going back to Little Women. I read the book when I was eleven. At the time everyone thought it was a phase but seven years later I still keep going back to it, seeking comfort in those well worn pages.

[@itslailis]

I love the tradition of writing letters from Father Christmas! That's beautiful. I've also added the book to my list.

[@wanderingteacup39]

You named several of my own Christmas stories I pull out each year. Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters, Nutcracker, and Frances Hodgson Burnett are all in my stack (the Little Princess just strikes me as such a Christmas story too - where Sarah wakes up and “the magic” has made a cheerful little fire and hot tea). While I’ve read a number of the Burnett’s major and lesser known works, I hadn’t read the Christmas short story you mentioned. Thank you for reviewing it. I’m now in hot pursuit of to find it and read it.

[@annettefid]

I read A Christmas Carol for the first time last year based on your recommendation and loved it! It’s now a Christmas tradition!

[@KonstantinaZerva]

The Flying classroom by Erich Kästner is one of my favourite Christmas books. It takes place during December in a boarding school in Germany and goes all the way up to Christmas. I read it many times as a child, and I still have the book and re-read it every few years. It's funny but also emotional in places and it will bring tears to your eyes. Also a nice fantasy winter read, not Christmasy though, is the "Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik.

[@mohamedahmedgaber]

I have been following you for three days, and I swear that I loved this rich content 😊

[@wills681]

Ruby, as you asked… a couple of festive books for consideration. ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ by Dylan Thomas. A very short book illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. It’s whimsical and the prose is wonderfully lilting. ‘The Wise Robin’ by Noel Barr. A Ladybird book, illustrated by P.B. Hickling. Long out of print but widely available online at modest cost. A short, charming Christmas book for anyone aged between four years and 94 years.

[@purpletiger9313]

A Child's Christmas in Wales is an absolute classic, my Dad used to read it when I was a kid. My cousin is such a Dylan Thomas fan that she named her first son after him! Great pick.

[@ELizbeth135]

The movie was really sweet too!! I think it was done in the 80s or early 90s🤔

[@alysonwilliams2543]

Ruby would LOVE the Dylan Thomas

[@agie24]

Thank you for mentioning the illustrators!

[@lornam3637]

Such lovely choices! The Edward Ardizzone edition is particularly lovely. I used to have a beautiful book called Papa Panov, by Leo Tolstoy. Everything about it was deeply Christmassy with a heart like A Christmas Carol.

[@mayflowermatriarch5284]

These are wonderful books for the Christmas celebrations. I have made notes to get them for my grandchildren. Watching this video was rather like stir it up Sunday -- a beautiful start to the holiday season. 🎄

[@vanessakimwright]

Thank you for recommending books that look thoughtful and enriching- something with a little more substance than a contemporary romance or beach read.

[@Yvonnescraftyadventures]

Hi Ruby, I just found your channel and loved all the books you recommended and quite a few are on my list now. I read Nigel Slaters Christmas Chronicles a few years ago and really enjoyed his descriptions of winter and the different festivities between December and January. It is written with recipes in mind but the text around the recipes is still nice to read during the winter time.

[@susanmacdonald4288]

I just bought a copy of that at our library's Christmas book sale!

[@jmcmurrah]

Pickwick papers is a big Charles Dickens novel, but it is a lovely read, and the Christmas section in particular is worth perusing even if you don’t read the whole book the first time.

[@mhtammi]

Agreed.

[@lauraw.2723]

Christmas book recommendation: Christmas at Fairacre by Miss Read - a collection of short stories about various people in the fictional English village of Fairacre and the surrounding area, with stories set between the early to mid-20th Century. Very warm and wholesome with nostalgia of old-fashioned Christmases. My mum and I read it every year to get us into the spirit!

[@dees3179]

My recommendation is the second book in the Dark is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper, which is also called Dark is Rising. It was made into a not faithful film which entirely missed the point and I recommend you avoid. But the book is excellent for being incredibly atmospheric to the point of feeling like you have time travelled. I like all five books, but this one is absolutely stand out and can be read alone. It makes my hair stand up on end, and good luck to everyone who has a skylight in their room getting through the night without leaving a lamp on. It’s Christmas happening while the main character is trying to figure out what is going on, and it’s very magical and powerful and old. Susan Cooper did a brilliant job of tying it to things you think you half remember so you feel like you already know the answer. It’s very well done, and a very easy read as it’s technically a children’s book. Lucky children is all I can say.

[@leenakoponen5156]

I was going to recommend this! I’ve loved the whole series since I was a kid, but this one is def my favorite and I usually reread it every winter.

[@keithhealing1115]

The final sequence when the mask is utilised is truly spine-tingling.

[@purpletiger9313]

Your recommendation got me and I just got the book and love the first few chapters. Can't wait to continue on. Thank you!

[@ruthe8095]

I still have this on my bookshelf- a Christmas gift when I was 11 years old! I absolutely loved it, and still do. Thanks for the prompt I will pull it out to re read over the festive period.❤

[@olivianeukam5636]

I'm reading A Christmas Carol this Christmas and I'm so excited! I also love reading the Green Glass House duology around Christmas. Both books are set at Christmas (one year apart) and are both so good! Both are mysterious but they are also very festive! They are middle-grade lit but I still really enjoy them. Also, the three-story book Kate's Choice; What Love Can Do; and Gwen's Adventures in the Snow by Louisa May Alcott is another great Christmas read!! Merry Christmas Ruby!

[@Jess-su5dy]

Thats such a coincidence, I currently have The Snow Child sitting right next to me!! I picked it up on a whim in the charity shop recently because I thought the cover looked lovely. It really isn't my usual reading but so far I've enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would, such a good little impulse book. Was so shocked when I heard you mention it because I had never heard of it prior

[@marthacampbell6188]

I always read a picture book/poem called The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper every year on the winter solstice. Lovely illustrations and celebration on the solstice.

[@JanetteGrey]

Last Christmas I read “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy which is quite dark but riveting and so well written

[@KyleBrown-k2c]

You're so right, he is very much a "writer's writer" but his prose is utterly fantastic

[@JakeBlake-vc3tw]

He's incredibly good- I haven't read Blood Meridian but I read The Cities of the Plain which is possibly the best thing I have ever read in terms of the quality of the writing

[@HectorDelapoerberesford]

McCarthy is unbelievably excellent, All the Pretty Horses is one of the most moving novels I've ever read

[@penultimateh766]

I had to put that book down because it's just too violent. I may pick it up again though. Quit good writing though, yes.

[@BrentMonnett-f4i]

Yes! Blood Meridian is one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.

[@DianeA-f5n]

Copyright 1967. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: a facsimile of the manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library with a transcript of the first edition and John Leech's illustrations. Perfect to watch the evolution of a book in the author's mind and handwriting! It comes out with the tree decorations each Christmas and read every year .

[@mayflowermatriarch5284]

I have that version and love it.

[@julialovesgfriend]

me personally I’d add the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse, its so sentimental and illustrations in the snow are so whimsical and wintery ~~ also my favorite Christmas book of all time: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum (the author of the wizard of oz!!) to me, this is the perfect Christmas book and just one of my favorite books in general another one who is very wintery is The Golden Compass! it’s not very Christmassy but the kids saving themselves and all the snow and the polar bear warrior all fit the theme, I think

[@lucysreading]

hi ruby i love hearing you talk about books 📚

[@VivColling]

I recommend the book by Jenny Colgan ~ The Christmas Bookshop, it was so festive and it’s set in Edinburgh. I can just picture all the little cafes and shops as you enjoy the book. It’s a light hearted read but it’s lovely. ❤ now I need to add Little Women to my wishlist! 😅

[@eileennielsen5165]

I LOVE The Snow Child and will be re-reading it in Jan. I also have the next bk. by same author, unread as yet. Little Women is one of my ALL time favorites since 12 yrs. old. I collect special additions of it. I grew up in Lexington Massachusetts which is the town next to Concord where Alcott wrote Little Women. Her home Orchard House is still there and can be toured. I have been in it SO MANY times, I could give the tour!😊 Alcott is A favorite author of mine. I also have anthologies and some of her Cmas stories are in them as well as older authors. In Dec. I am only reading bks. from my Christmas collection. I enjoyed this and subscribed. Haven't seen your channel before. Thank you.

[@S4nflowers]

Thank you ruby for these festive recommendations ! I’m looking forward to reading some of these. If you’re looking for a new festive book I highly recommend Dash and Lily. There’s a show about it as well and it’s also really good but I prefer the book as it really sets the cozy Christmas mood. The plot is really unique and the descriptive writing just really draws you in and gives it really festive vibes.

[@evamatlach1986]

So many great books! Thank you for the recommendations. ☺️ and as a mother of two it is so wonderful to see that you appreciate mums and what they afford especially around every year at christmas! 🫶🏻

[@Anshika-t9s5f]

Watching u since 4 years n still can't get over you❤

[@ajitroy6613]

5 yrs here.... And you are right... Her aura is no joke😮❤

[@Anshika-t9s5f]

@ajitroy6613 yeah actually..

[@faithkimbler2411]

The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin. My mother always read this aloud on Christmas Eve while we sat around the Chridtmas tree waiting to open gifts.

[@margijohnson3900]

Excellent vlog Ruby, brilliant variety of books.

[@celineoceane1539]

Thank you so much for all of the book recommendations 😊 Christmas with Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery are so lovely as well. I also really enjoyed Truman Capote’s A Christmas memory in the penguin book of Christmas stories last year.

[@rebeccag8589]

Yes! I always watch and read Little Women and Anne of Green Gables around the holidays!

[@danielartist123]

These are such great picks! Thanks and Merry Christmas!

[@jessicai2298]

Christmas is about baby Jesus!!❤❤❤

[@LunaciaBooks]

I love Letters from Father Christmas. It's the book I read after decorating the tree on the night of the 23rd December (we call it "Little Chritsmas Eve"). My edition have the letters in small envelopes inside the book. 💜

[@sofiagonzalez9157]

This year I've been reading (since october, oops) 'Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet became a Christmas Tradition in the New World' by Jennifer Fisher, it's an academic book about the development of the nutcracker as a ballet, and why we care so much about it when they didn't in the past. It's not so magical as historically exciting though.

[@krissykelly_89]

I will always immediately watch a new Ruby book video ❤️

[@BethRang]

I thought the Snow Child was particularly interesting because as a child I loved reading folk tales from different countries, and Japan has one where a couple that was grieving their lack of children finds a peach which when opened reveals a son. It made me think they created magic through the love they wanted to share.

[@AngelGail8]

I've got The Nutcracker ready to read in December. I've just finished the same edition of Little Women yesterday. I can't believe in my 52 years, I've never read this book (nor seen the films). I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@fmt0htm]

I too just finished Little Women !! It took me, reading English lit as my second language, more than a month lol (I've read abridged/translated edition in my childhood) Also as a ballet fan I must try The Nutcracker. Happy reading 🎄📕

[@kittkatt-nr9je]

Susan Coopers, the Dark is Rising is a great read for Christmas. Set in winter and full of family traditions as well as magic and fantasy.

[@JBJari]

I have requested The Snow Child from my local library and I am excited to read it.

[@RainyDayBookshelf]

A wonderful list of evergreen Christmas stories. I only read the original Nutcracker this year, and it is wonderfully more of a Christmas journey with curious twists (although not really for younger children who expect the ballet twinkle and simpler plot).

[@curtthegamer934]

I loved it when I was a kid

[@monnie651]

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote is gorgeous

[@brendaleyland]

I'm a new subscriber from Canada, and I especially enjoyed this vlog about festive books for the Christmas/winter season. You asked for a few favourites: 1. Winter Anthology, edited by Melissa Harrison (nature writing) 2. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Christmas mystery short story) 3. Once Upon A Wardrobe by Patti Callahan (the novel set in 1950s about Meg, a student at Oxford, and her little brother who doesn't have long to live. He loves the Narnia stories and wants Meg to contact the author.) Love this book! 4. A Child's Christmas in Wales by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Children's classic)

[@bella619]

Great video! I love The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aikin and The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. I read both every year.

[@elliemoore3831]

“The Christmas Box” by Richard Paul Evans is very good, a very quick read and so heartwarming.

[@78shinystar]

Thank you for sharing these, already added a few to my list :). I love The Snow Child book too !

[@lornam3637]

A Snow Child was a very popular book on Booktube a few years ago. It's wonderful - although deeply sad, its deeply wintery too.

[@Arianna-qh6nm]

I am currently reading Little Women! It's great to find it in this list, it motivates me even more to keep reading it!

[@lauragriffin6214]

What a lovely and helpful video! Thank you. ❤

[@bkjunkie1553]

Amy License has a great story, The Midwinter Souls Mideveil London Isn't All It Seems is similar to the story you described about the Thames river freezing over and people living on top of the bridge (which I had no idea of prior to reading this). It's beautifully written and I flew through it. She normally writes/researchs British history. You would probably love it. 📚 I loved this video. Thank you!

[@heathersneddon8866]

Susanna Clarke (of Jonathan Strange) has written a beautiful mid-winter book you may want to see. Also Carol Ann Duffy continues to write a Christmas poem - I just bought her recent one a few weeks back

[@arcanaluna444]

Perfect! I’ve started some festive reads with The Nutcracker and Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, I’ll be adding some of these to my list, thank you ❤

[@sandraleonard5919]

Ruby...I just finished watching your latest video on Christmas books while drinking on my Sugar Cookie Sleighride tea by Celestial Seasons. What a cozy and fun time I had. Wanted to mention a magazine you may have not heard of that started publication in 1874. It's call St Nicholas magazine. You can find these bound in either one book containing the twelve issues or into two books with six issues each for the full year. They are absolutely wonderful and have great stories, crafts ,riddles etc. The illustrations are so great. Please look them up. Ebay usually has some. The crimson and gold are my favorite binding. They're so lovely !

[@Gwenyfith]

I love sugar cookie sleighride

[@Julie-si3hi]

I love a christmas carol and Narnia...so nostalgic

[@ValerieHowell-ly6of]

I recommend Old Christmas by Washington Irving published in 1886. It is a charming recollection of his travels during the Christmas season in England.

[@ЕсенияЛукиных-э4ш]

Thank you for those wonderful recommendations! That inspired me to read something new this year, because every Christmas holiday I reread Pushkin ‘s “Eugene Onegin”, “The captain’s daughter” and “The blizzard”. They’re a little bit tragic… but very good for a gloomy snowy day:)

[@Miyuki-04v]

To be honest this year has been really depressing and I haven’t got into the Christmas spirit like usual, and this is my favorite holiday. We watch the nutcracker ballet every Christmas but this year we’ve been really poor with me husband’s job moving him to a different store and me not working to take care of the kids. Thanks for the recs I hope when I read them we feel the Christmas spirit!❤

[@marciannewagner-heaton5143]

Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden. An orphan, a doll, magic and Christmas Wishing. I still have my copy from my childhood and can't have Christmas without reading it!

[@tamsinjohnson1599]

It is a really super story - never goes where you expect!😊

[@BusWill2006]

I have Letters for Father Christmas on my pile for Christmas. Can’t wait. I love a Ruby book video!!! I love Hercule Poirots Christmas and recommend this.

[@graceom6872]

I just finished Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie. It features many short stories set in the winter or specifically during Christmas. It also includes the iconic “Three Blind Mice” adapted from Britain’s longest running play The Mousetrap.

[@Georgia_unplugged]

Some of these books are wonderful, thank you! I have added two of them to buy for my daughter for Christmas.

[@dianesellepedrosa1876]

Ruby Thank you for your book reviews. I have been reading/not reading The Snow Child for awhile now and took it down off the shelf when it was mentioned here. I happily finished it even though I didn’t completely understand the ending, however it was Fantastic. I went on to watch a few book reviews on KZbin. It just takes a small nudge and a whole new reading world opens up:) This author has a new fairy story? book coming out in 2025. Very excited! Merry Christmas to you all. ❤️

[@erikachapman5808]

Another Great Video!! Thank you!! I am a book lover and enjoyed this video so very much! Thank you & Merry Christmas!

[@danielbauista74]

The Giver is kind of my favorite Christmas book, even if it's a little bit intense. I think the philosophical depth of it hasn't been fully explored. Because I feel like the red ball is something that breaks the symmetry of the black-and-white universe and it leads to all these events that not only demonstrate free will but also hint at the existence of purpose. I won't go into it too much 😆

[@thegammeradam174]

Thank you ruby and I wish you a marry Christmas...

[@hannah-qr4qe]

love these i found ‘hetty feathers christmas’ in a charity shop today i had not realised jacqueline wilson had written and it’s a lovely festive read :)

[@unasperanza9803]

We read the Father Christmas letters every December!! Love all Tolkien's works!!

[@racheldrinkstea]

Lovely for you to share! I adore your content. Thank you! I would have to recommend “Old Christmas,” by Washington Irving. Truly one of the most beautiful and grounding written books for celebrating a most beautiful, historic, yet genuine, and authentic English Christmas! Waiting for my book to arrive in the post this season! I have listened to the audio version the last two Christmases and have to read it every Christmas now! Irving also wrote another wonderful branch off of the story “Bridgewood Hall.” Listened to the audio and just love it too! Planning to get it in book form as well, afore the beautiful historical accounts Irving experienced during his travels through England way back when and made into a lovely storyline!

[@mariaislam5862]

Just yesterday, i was watching your older book related videos.

[@jasoncromwell4206]

Kate Chopin was actually from where I went to Uni. There are two more stories by Yanks I would like to recommend. The first is "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry. O Henry was a 19th Century Short Story writer who usually wrote stories that were very tongue in cheek. "The Gift of the Magi" is not one of those. This short story has more heart than most novels. If you don't know it's about a Poor Young Couple in the late 19th Century who are trying to figure out what to buy one another for Christmas. The story is about true love, sacrifice and devotion. The second is a series of stories set around Christmas in early 19th Century England by Washington Irving. Irving who is most associated with Halloween has a variety of stories and his Christmas stories are warm and cozy and everything nice about Christmas.

[@LucyLovegood4]

Hi Ruby! I love your work and would love it if you could make a video on your daily routine! I love watching your Hermione ones and I am a life-long subscriber. You are my role model and I can't wait to read these books! 📚❤

[@Sadcherrysoda]

Love these recommendations! Will read at least a few of them!

[@_C____]

Thanks for fiving me the idea to reread Little Women around Christmas! I am building my own traditions and, since its my favorite childhood book, I tend to reread it quite often but I hadnt thought of rereading it around that time

[@rosiedispensa6697]

I love this video, currently in a dark fantasy/gothic winter mood (like crimson peak vibes) but I’ll definitely start reading some of these as the holidays draw closer

[@charlik1ng]

One that I do love is the first Harry Potter book, the Christmas chapter is so enchanting and I even bought the exclusive edition that came out this year which features that chapter with beautiful illustrations :) Little Women is also a lovely book to read at Christmas 🎄

[@eeveephonehome]

i’ve just been feeling somewhat down and was hoping for a new video. your timing is perfect, thank you 🌲🤍

[@SeerOfTime577]

What a wonderful video, Ruby! I have definitely added some books to my To Read list.

[@catherinerohsner7804]

Everyman's Pocket Classics has a Christmas Stories collection. I have their Garden Stories and Garden Poems so far and love them both!

[@t0dd000]

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. It just happens to be the IT book this year for some reason. It was released in 2021, but it is selling like wildfire right now. Outstanding and deeply moving story. I bought about ten copies for people this year. And … it takes place around the holiday in Ireland.

[@IAMALIVIE-g9o]

ILY GURLL THE BOOKS ARE JUST MWAHH

[@MariaMedeiros]

beautiful book suggestions for Christmas! Lovely! Thank you Ruby and I hope you make a Christmas and Winter Vlog too! Would love to see your magical day in the English country!

[@RubyGranger8]

I’m so pleased you liked it! And yes, I definitely will do :)

[@carolynmarshall1968]

Great books TBR 📚

[@canopus78]

The Shining , A Christmas Carol, y una rosa navideña para tí...❤

[@hanaheat]

Thank you for the suggestions!! ❤ I love The Gift of Magi by O. Henry. ❤

[@nitadoor4863]

Isn't it by O. Henry?

[@hanaheat]

@ Sorry, my bad. I’ve corrected it. Thanks!! 😊

[@morcellemorcelle618]

I read Letters from Father Christmas every year. It's become my most important christmas tradition.

[@HP_bookworm]

16:30 Surely, A Pair of Silk Stockings was not written by Edith Wharton.

[@doga3641]

Love all of these recommendations

[@melodie0987]

I got a notification that my Bird & Blend Advent Calendar is coming today just as you posted, Ruby! 🎄🎄🎄 It’s officially Christmastime!

[@elliekavanagh8151]

I think for my my favourite Christmas story is The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. I loved the animation when I was a child and the short story now holds a special place in my heart.

[@Larinaslife]

would love a live-session with Ruby reading us a christmas story with some candles and hot chocoates 🥰🎄❄️

[@MykolaNaichuk]

I like reading novels by Terry Pratchett. They are not exactly Christmassy but still offer that feeling of magic, absurd, joy and humour to unwind during the holidays. If you have not got around yet to Terry Pratchett, can start with "Going Postal", "Guards! Guards!" or "Mort". His novel "Hogfather" does revolve around Christmas. I have not read it yet. Might go for it this Christmas.

[@AnitaNíGhal]

Thank you for your lovely podcast. There is a lovely book in Irish but I don't know if it is translated. "An Nollaig thiar" by Breandán Ó'hEithir, an account of his growing up on Inis Mór and Christmas on the island.

[@joannasmith4793]

I remember a few yrs ago when you talked about the frost fairs with your copy.

[@NieidealnyPlan]

Omg❤Ruby !What a great surprise!🎉