"Tantor Media presents ten of the most popular Christmas stories read by award-winning narrators Renee Raudman and Alan Sklar. From ""'Twas the Night Before Christmas,"" Clement C. Moore's classic depiction of St. Nicholas at work, to O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi,"" which embodies the very spirit of Christmas, Favorite Stories of Christmas Past has something for everyone."
"The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as much as possible, yet never losing sight of the fact that he carried the mail. The hills were many, and the reins lay loosely in his hands as he lolled back in his seat and extended one foot and leg luxuriously over the dashbo ..."
"In 1902, life was extremely different from what we may expect today, and the story of the "Goose Girl" written by well-known author of children's books, Kate Douglas Wiggin, exemplifies this fact perfectly by introducing us to the delightful and fun story of a young girl who takes up work on a farm to escape from the challenges of family life and society.Crowded by her family and by suitors all expecting so much from her that it just fe ..."
"Tantor Media presents a collection of some of the most popular Christmas stories read by award-winning narrators Renee Raudman and Alan Sklar. This special anthology will transport listeners back to the Christmases of their youth, when they first heard these holiday tales. From "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," Clement C. Moore's classic depiction of St. Nicholas at work, to O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," which embodies the very s ..."
"Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of soa ..."
"This collection of some of the best-known and best-loved tales from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, or The Thousand and One Nights, includes the stories of Sinbad and his voyages, Ali Baba and the cave of the forty thieves, Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, and seven more fantastic tales."