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• Dylan Thomas Reads a Child's Christmas in Wales, and Five Poems

  Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

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  Recorded in 1952, this vivid performance by Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales recalls sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago Christmas in the coastal town of his youth.

• Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

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  A holiday classic, who doesn't tear up a little when Clarence receives his wings?

• The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog

  Barry, Dave

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  This entertaining semi-autobiographical tale is full of cliches but gets to you. A classic Christmas story with some decidedly un-Christmas elements like a Betsy Wetsy Jesus doll and a canine corpse among other things. Grab some hot…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Christmas All Through the House

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  This book has a little of everything to help you have a special homemade Christmas. Part of the Gooseberry Patch series, this special collection contains readers' favorites for holiday recipes, crafts, decorations, gifts and more!

• Love Actually

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  A sweet, sometimes irreverent film following the romances of various quirky couples during the holiday season.

• Holidays on Ice

  Sedaris, David

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  Contains the hilarious "SantaLand Diaries," an essay recounting Sedaris' stint as a Macy's elf. Just one of many funny moments in this must-read holiday collection.

• How to Spell Chanukah...and Other Holiday Dilemmas

  18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights

  Franklin, Emily

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  Contributions from well known writers make this a delightful, heartwarming collection of stories and essays.

• A Christmas Carol

  in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

  Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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  Dickens' classic tale of an old miser who learns the real meaning of Christmas after he is visited by three ghosts: past, present, and future.

• The Gift of the Magi

  Henry, O., 1862-1910

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  A classic story of love, sacrifice, and the true meaning of the holidays.

• A Charlie Brown Christmas

  Vince Guaraldi Trio

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  The CD has holiday favorites as well as original Peanuts tunes...it's a walk down memory lane featuring easy, mellow, jazzy renditions.

• A Christmas Story

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  Every year I think I'm going to be sick of this movie, and everywhere we have it playing on repeat on TBS. It's a classic kid's story of Christmas in the midwest that has great fodder for adults as well.

• A Christmas Memory

  Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

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  A perfect short story, one that I insist on reading out loud (or listening to--see video link for Truman Capote's own reading of this story) every year.

• Christmas Vacation

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  All Clark Griswold wants is a good, old-fashioned family Christmas, but things never seem to go according to plan.This movie is hilarious; a modern classic.