Read for: Mount TBR & Classics Challenge
Synopsis: "A Merry Christmas collects the best holiday stories of Louisa May Alcott, from the yuletide festivities of Marmee and her 'little women' to the moving 'What Love Can Do'. Deeply influenced by real-life events, including characters based on Alcott's family members and drawing from her experiences participating in the suffrage and abolitionist movements, these stories have the authentic texture and detail of Christmas in nineteenth-century America."
My Review: I honestly don't recall ever reading Little Women, and I honestly didn't think it was something that would appeal to me until I read this collection of Christmas Stories. I am not sure how many of the stories in this book are actually from Little Women but I really enjoyed her writing style, my favorites were the stories that followed Kate. I also enjoyed Mrs. Podger's Teapot. My favorite by far was Rosa's Tale, you hand me a book told from the horse's point of view like Black Beauty and you have me hooked. This was really a lovely collection of Christmas stories, each are easily read in a single sitting, and nearly all of them have a message about the meaning of Christmas.
My Rating: I wasn't sure how this would go, but I really enjoyed these short stories. They made for nice little reads in between holiday season business and I didn't need to have read the books or be familiar with the characters to enjoy them. I give this one a rating of Four Paws!
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