Share Your Free Tales of Winter or the Festive Season

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Free Stories of Winter

Time to Share Your Free Stories of Winter or the Festive Season

2023 is almost over.

Whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, or another celebration during this festive season, I invite you to share links to your free family-friendly stories and poems.

  • They can be about snow, winter (including winter sports and activities), or the festive season itself.
  • They can be written by you or another author, living or dead.
  • Of course those of you in the Southern Hemisphere don’t have snow, and I’d like to hear from you, too. How do you spend December and January?

Here are a few links to get the snowballs or skateboards rolling and the reindeer or kangaroos dancing.

Fiction

A Moose’s Tale by Kathy Steinemann

Accidental Allies by Kathy Steinemann

Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck

Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Papa Panov’s Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

Serial Slayer (a dark story) by Kathy Steinemann

Snow Angel by Kathy Steinemann

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm

The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Anderson

The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Anderson

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson

The Meadowlark’s Mission by Kathy Steinemann

The Night Before Christmas: A Morality by William Dean Howells

The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke

Now it’s your turn.

In the comments area below, please share a link to your free story/poem or one written by someone else.

Provide the following information.

  • Title
  • A description of twenty-five words or less (optional).
  • URL (the link, which begins with http).

PLEASE: no comments about religion, atheism, etc. This post is not for controversy but for peace — a time of year when we can ignore ideologies, politics, and disagreements and … Just. Get. Along.

I Look Forward to Hearing From You!

And may 2024 be filled with happiness, love, and prosperity for everyone.

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13 thoughts on “Share Your Free Tales of Winter or the Festive Season”

  1. This is a lovely, Christmassy gift – thank you!
    Being a Brit, I’m familiar with the Conan Doyle and the Scandinavian stories. However, I look forward to reading the rest in the Christmas Hall of Fame when I can make time – a most welcome pleasure during the season’s busyness.
    Unfortunately, I have nothing to share!
    But, I will take the opportunity to thank you for all of the regular guidance you send to keep us on the grammatical/literary straight and narrow, and wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and Successful New Year.
    Zara.

      • Hi Kathy, I’d be interested to hear if “Irish wit” is appreciated/understood by readers from differing backgrounds. Hopefully, they will enjoy this piece.

        Take care,

        Eamon

        • I think that, in context, people will understand. All the best for the remainder of the month and best wishes for a fantastic 2024!

  5. Here is my short story “Christmas River Ghost.” This is flash fiction, 12-minute read, posted on my Reading Fiction Blog.

    Christmas River Ghost by Paula Cappa

    They come—through the icy wind, between the naked trees, walking the bridge, by Eagle Hill River, on Christmas Eve … …

    https://paulacappa.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/christmas-river-ghost-by-paula-cappa/

    Thank you, Kathy, for this lovely opportunity to share Christmas stories. I look forward to reading Christmas fiction from your followers. A merry, merry holiday season for all. Paula

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